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Pescennius Niger Biography and Timeline

Follow Pescennius Niger through 2 dated historical records for Roman Empire.

Pescennius Niger, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

2Distinct records
1 of 1Page
193–194Years on this page

193

Assassination of Publius Helvius Pertinax

Governor · Warfare / Civil War

Septimus, Albinus & Pescennus Niger emerge as rival successors. Pertinax is assassinated by the Pretorian Guard

194

Battle of Issus

Governor · Issus · Warfare / Civil War

Severus crushes Niger, who claims to be Emperor

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.