Aureus of Pescennius Niger, Antioch mint. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG.
Reign
9 April 193 – May 194
Predecessor
Didius Julianus
Successor
Septimius Severus
Born
c. 135/140 Roman Empire
Died
194 (aged 53–59) Roman Empire
Names
Gaius Pescennius Niger
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Gaius Pescennius Niger Iustus Augustus
Dynasty
None
Father
Annius Fuscus
Mother
Lampridia
Gaius Pescennius Niger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors. He claimed the imperial throne in response to the murder of Pertinax and the elevation of Didius Julianus, but was defeated by a rival claimant, Septimius Severus, and killed while attempting to flee from Antioch.
Gaius PescenniusNiger (c. 135 – 194) was a Roman usurper from 193 to 194 during the Year of the Five Emperors. He claimed the imperial throne in response...
men claimed the title of Roman emperor: Pertinax, Didius Julianus, PescenniusNiger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus. This year started a period...
Severus fought his rival claimants, the Roman generals PescenniusNiger and Clodius Albinus. Niger was defeated in 194 at the Battle of Issus in Cilicia...
Julianus, before erupting to a full-scale war between the generals PescenniusNiger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus. Although Laetus himself had...
except that the Roman generals included Marcus Valerius Maximianus, PescenniusNiger and Clodius Albinus. At any rate, the victories they achieved were...
Julianus. In preparation for the Expeditio Asiana against Severus's rival PescenniusNiger in the eastern provinces, Severus had a special elite force assembled...
Septimius Severus, the latter turned his arms against PescenniusNiger. After the defeat and death of Niger in 194, and the complete discomfiture of his adherents...
anger in Rome spread across the Empire, three influential generals, PescenniusNiger in Syria, Septimius Severus in Pannonia, and Clodius Albinus in Britain...
the Severan dynasty, pitted against rival claimants in the form of PescenniusNiger. Severus' forces defeated the rival claimants at the Battle of Issus...
appears two future contenders for the throne, Clodius Albinus and PescenniusNiger, both distinguished themselves in the campaign. Also, in Britain in...
sesterces for the throne. Roman governors Clodius Albinus (Britannia) and PescenniusNiger (Syria) claim, with support of their troops, the imperial throne. April...
were of equestrian rank. The most illustrious of the family was Gaius PescenniusNiger, an able general, who was proclaimed emperor in AD 193, only to be...
an ancient Roman collection of imperial biographies, the usurper PescenniusNiger (193–194) is expressly noted to only be a tyrant because he was defeated...
with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats PescenniusNiger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus'...
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the name of PescenniusNiger, governor of Roman Syria, who controlled three legions, to come to Rome to take over. When PescenniusNiger heard the news...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
of the public anger in Rome spread across the Empire, the generals PescenniusNiger in Syria, Septimius Severus in Pannonia, and Clodius Albinus in Britain...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
might of Syria. Arabia responded similarly when the governor of Syria, PescenniusNiger, proclaimed himself emperor in 193. When Septimius Severus came into...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
Hadrian Antoninus Pius Lucius Verus Marcus Aurelius Commodus Pertinax PescenniusNiger Septimius Severus Geta Caracalla Macrinus Diadumenian Elagabalus Severus...
Didius Julianus by the Praetorian Guards – Clodius Albinus in Britain, PescenniusNiger in Syria, and Septimius Severus in Pannonia, declare against the Murderers...
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