Pescennius Niger

Pescennius Niger (193 CE) was the third Roman Emperor during the Year of the Five Emperors (193 CE).

1. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

NAME:
- Gaius Pescennius Niger
PESCENNIUS NIGER’S DATES OF REIGN AS EMPEROR:
- 10 April 193 CE – May 194 CE.
PESCENNIUS NIGER’S DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- c. 135 CE – May 194 CE.
PLACE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Place of birth unknown. Died near Antioch, Syria
PESCENNIUS NIGER’S PREDECESSOR:
- Didius Julianus
PESCENNIUS NIGER’S SUCCESSOR:
- Clodius Albinus
HEIR TO THE THRONE BECAUSE:
- His Legions declared him Emperor.
DIED PEACEFULLY OR ASSASSINATED:
- After a civil war with Septimius Severus, he was executed near Antioch.
WHERE BURIED:
- Septimius Severus took his head to Byzantium, then on to Rome.

In 193 CE, whilst serving in Syria, his Legions declared him Emperor, to oppose Septimius Severus, who was about to become Emperor.
Pescennius Niger was the third Emperor in the Year of the Five Emperors.
After losing a civil war with Septimius Severus, he was executed in 194 CE, near Antioch in Syria.