190s - Definition and Overview

Centuries: 1st century - 2nd century - 3rd century

Decades: 140s - 150s - 160s - 170s - 180s - 190s - 200s - 210s - 220s - 230s - 240s

190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199

Events and trends

• Commodus is assassinated on the last day of 192, leading to a period of civil war, which ends when Septimius Severus defeats Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum in 197.

Births

Deaths

• Sun Jian of the Wu Kingdom of China was killed in an ambush which destroyed his unit.
• Commodus

Significant people

• Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor