197

Year 197 (CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	160s  170s  180s  – 190s –  200s  210s  220s
Years:	194 195 196 – 197 – 198 199 200

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats Decimus Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon).
• Septimius Severus returns to Rome. He has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate killed.
• Septimius Severus forms new naval units.
• The Roman army goes east to stop a Parthian invasion of Mesopotamia. They loot the royal palace at Ctesiphon and take many people as slaves.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Galen's major work on medicines, Pharmacologia, is published.

Religion

• A Christian council is held in Edessa.

Births

• Deng Ai, Wei general (d. 264)

Deaths

• February 19 – Clodius Albinus, rival for Roman Emperor (b. 150)
• Cao Ang, first son of Cao Cao (b. 175)
• Cao Anmin, nephew of Cao Cao
• Dian Wei, bodyguard to warlord Cao Cao
• Guo Si, general under Dong Zhuo (b. 146)
• Huche'er, general under Zhang Xiu
• Li Jue, general under Dong Zhuo
• Liang Gang, general under Yuan Shu
• Qiao Rui, general during the Han Dynasty
• Yue Jiu, general during the Han Dynasty