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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 193 AD
January
January 1: Pertinax is proclaimed Roman Emperor.
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March
March 28: Roman Emperor Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who then sell the throne in an auction to Didius Julianus.
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April
April 9: Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). The Severan dynasty starts.
April 14: Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
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June
June 1: Roman Emperor Didius Julianus is assassinated in his palace.
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-- Septimius Severus gains control of the Roman Empire, after eliminating Pescennius Niger and Didius Julianus. Clodius Albinus also claims the Empire. Precise date unknown.
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