Events By Place Roman Empire · 19 February ? Battle of Lugdunum: Roman usurper Albinus is defeated by the forces of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus. · Lyon, which had been the headquarters of Clodius Albinus, is sacked and destroyed. · Sixty-four senators are denounced as accomplices of Albinus and twenty-four are put to death. · Legio I, II, and III Parthica are levied by Septimius Severus for his Parthian campaign. · Septimius Severus sacks Ctesiphon and captures an enormous number of its inhabitants as slaves. · Septimius reconstitutes the Province of Mesopotamia under an equestrian governor commanding two legions. · Severus, who had spared the Senate at the beginning of his reign, now excludes it from controlling the empire by declaring a military dictatorship. By Topic Arts and Sciences · Galen's major work on medicines, P

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