# 202

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This article is about the year 202. For the number, see [202 (number)](/source/202_(number)).    For other uses, see [202 (disambiguation)](/source/202_(disambiguation)).

Calendar year

Years Millennium 1st millennium Centuries 2nd century 3rd century 4th century Decades 180s 190s 200s 210s 220s Years 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 v t e

202 by topic Leaders Political entities State leaders Religious leaders Categories Births Deaths v t e

202 in various calendars Gregorian calendar 202 CCII Ab urbe condita 955 Assyrian calendar 4952 Balinese saka calendar 123–124 Bengali calendar −392 – −391 Berber calendar 1152 Buddhist calendar 746 Burmese calendar −436 Byzantine calendar 5710–5711 Chinese calendar 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 2899 or 2692 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 2900 or 2693 Coptic calendar −82 – −81 Discordian calendar 1368 Ethiopian calendar 194–195 Hebrew calendar 3962–3963 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 258–259 - Shaka Samvat 123–124 - Kali Yuga 3302–3303 Holocene calendar 10202 Iranian calendar 420 BP – 419 BP Islamic calendar 433 BH – 432 BH Javanese calendar 79–80 Julian calendar 202 CCII Korean calendar 2535 Minguo calendar 1710 before ROC 民前1710年 Nanakshahi calendar −1266 Seleucid era 513/514 AG Thai solar calendar 744–745 Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་སྦྲུལ་ལོ་ (female Iron-Snake) 328 or −53 or −825 — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་རྟ་ལོ་ (male Water-Horse) 329 or −52 or −824

Year **202** (**[CCII](/source/Roman_numerals)**) was a [common year starting on Friday](/source/Common_year_starting_on_Friday) of the [Julian calendar](/source/Julian_calendar). At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Severus and Antoninus** (or, less frequently, **year 955 *[Ab urbe condita](/source/Ab_urbe_condita)***). The denomination 202 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [Anno Domini](/source/Anno_Domini) [calendar era](/source/Calendar_era) became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

## Events

### By place

#### Roman Empire

- Emperor [Septimius Severus](/source/Septimius_Severus) returns to [Rome](/source/Ancient_Rome) after a five-year absence. [Festivals](/source/Festival) are held to celebrate his six-year reign. Severus undertakes changes in the imperial government, giving the [Roman army](/source/Roman_army) a dominant role, raising pay in the [legions](/source/Roman_legion) and permitting [legionaries](/source/Roman_legionary) to marry in order to secure their loyalty.

- Rome is a city of about 1.5 million citizens, its people housed mostly in 46,600 *[insulae](/source/Insula_(building))* or apartment blocks, each three to eight stories high, flimsily made of [wood](/source/Wood), [brick](/source/Brick) or [rubble](/source/Rubble).

- Some 400,000 [slaves](/source/Slavery) perform the [menial](/source/Domestic_worker) work of Rome, with [middle-class](/source/Middle-class) citizens often owning eight; the rich from 500 to 1,000; an emperor as many as 20,000. Free urban workers enjoy 17 to 18 hours of leisure each day, with free admission to [baths](/source/Thermae), [sport](/source/Sport) events and [gladiatorial](/source/Gladiator) games.

- Severus launches a campaign in [Africa](/source/Africa_(Roman_province)); [Legio III *Augusta*](/source/Legio_III_Augusta) under [Quintus Anicius Faustus](/source/Quintus_Anicius_Faustus) fights a [guerrilla war](/source/Guerrilla_warfare) against the [Garamantes](/source/Garamantes) along the [Limes Tripolitanus](/source/Limes_Tripolitanus).[1] They capture several settlements such as [Cydamus](/source/Ghadames), Gholaia and their capital [Garama](/source/Germa), 600 km south of [Lepcis Magna](/source/Lepcis_Magna). The province of [Numidia](/source/Numidia) is enlarged: the [Romans](/source/Roman_Empire) annex [Castellum Dimmidi](/source/Messa%C3%A2d), [Gemellae](/source/M'Lili) and [Vescera](/source/Biskra).

- An edict bans conversions to [Christianity](/source/Christianity) and all Christian [propaganda](/source/Propaganda).

- A [Roman law](/source/Roman_law) bans [female gladiators](/source/Gladiatrix).

- The [Pantheon](/source/Pantheon%2C_Rome) is restored.

#### China

- [Battle of Bowang](/source/Battle_of_Bowang): Warlord [Liu Bei](/source/Liu_Bei) defeats [Cao Cao](/source/Cao_Cao)'s forces under [Xiahou Dun](/source/Xiahou_Dun).

### By topic

#### Religion

- In order to avoid Septimus Severus' persecution of Christians, [Clement of Alexandria](/source/Clement_of_Alexandria) seeks refuge with Alexander in [Cappadocia](/source/Cappadocia).

## Births

- [Jiang Wei](/source/Jiang_Wei), Chinese general and [regent](/source/Regent) (d. [264](/source/264))

## Deaths

- [June 28](/source/June_28) – [Yuan Shao](/source/Yuan_Shao), Chinese [warlord](/source/Warlord) (b. [154](/source/154))

- [Irenaeus](/source/Irenaeus), Greek [bishop](/source/Bishop) and [theologian](/source/Theologian) (b. [130](/source/AD_130))

- [Lady Wu](/source/Lady_Wu_(Sun_Jian's_wife)), wife of [Sun Jian](/source/Sun_Jian) and mother of [Sun Ce](/source/Sun_Ce)

- [Pang Ji](/source/Pang_Ji) (or **Yangtu**), Chinese official and adviser

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Westera, Rick. ["Historical Atlas of Europe (December 202): Severus' African War"](https://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/2021218/). *Omniatlas*. Retrieved May 26, 2021.

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