197

197 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	197; CXCVII
Ab urbe condita	950
Assyrian calendar	4947
Balinese saka calendar	118–119
Bengali calendar	−396
Berber calendar	1147
Buddhist calendar	741
Burmese calendar	−441
Byzantine calendar	5705–5706
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat); 2893 or 2833; — to —; 丁丑年 (Fire Ox); 2894 or 2834
Coptic calendar	−87 – −86
Discordian calendar	1363
Ethiopian calendar	189–190
Hebrew calendar	3957–3958
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	253–254
- Shaka Samvat	118–119
- Kali Yuga	3297–3298
Holocene calendar	10197
Iranian calendar	425 BP – 424 BP
Islamic calendar	438 BH – 437 BH
Javanese calendar	74–75
Julian calendar	197; CXCVII
Korean calendar	2530
Minguo calendar	1715 before ROC; 民前1715年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1271
Seleucid era	508/509 AG
Thai solar calendar	739–740
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年; (male Fire-Rat); 323 or −58 or −830; — to —; 阴火牛年; (female Fire-Ox); 324 or −57 or −829

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

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

Events

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.

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