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Year '''199''' ('''[[Roman numerals|CXCIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was sometimes known as '''year 952 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Roman Empire ====
* [[Mesopotamia]] is partitioned into two [[Roman province]]s divided by the [[Euphrates]], Mesopotamia and [[Osroene]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Boatwright|first1=Mary Taliaferro|last2=Gargola|first2=Daniel J.|last3=Talbert|first3=Richard J. A.|title=The Romans: from village to empire|year=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-511875-9|page=410|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1lBoAAAAMAAJ&q=Mesopotamia+and+Osroene+provinces+199}}</ref>
* Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] lays siege to the city-state [[Hatra]] in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kohn|first=George C.|title=Dictionary of wars|year=2007|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6577-6|page=451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIzreCGlHxIC&dq=Septimius+Severus+captures+Hatra+199&pg=PT463|edition=3rd}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|title=Encyclopedia of the Roman Empire|year=2002|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-4562-4|page=252|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5tic2VunRoC&dq=Septimius+Severus+captures+Hatra+199&pg=PA252|edition=2nd}}</ref>
* Two new [[Roman legion|legions]], [[Legio I Parthica|I Parthica]] and [[Legio III Parthica|III Parthica]], are formed as a permanent [[garrison]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Erdkamp|first=Paul|title=A Companion to the Roman Army|year=2010|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=978-1-4443-3921-5|page=272|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1D612o_X2VYC&dq=Legio+I+Parthica+and+III+Parthica+are+formed&pg=PA272}}</ref>

==== China ====
* [[Battle of Yijing]]: Chinese warlord [[Yuan Shao]] defeats [[Gongsun Zan]].

==== Korea ====
* [[Geodeung of Geumgwan Gaya|Geodeung]] succeeds [[Suro of Geumgwan Gaya]], as king of the [[Korea]]n kingdom of [[Gaya confederacy|Gaya]] (traditional date).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Pope Zephyrinus]] succeeds [[Pope Victor I]], as the 15th [[pope]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bunson|first=Matthew|title=OSV's encyclopedia of Catholic history|year=2004|publisher=Our Sunday Visitor Publishing|isbn=978-1-59276-026-8|pages=986–987|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dWpO1--eMrYC&dq=Pope+Zephyrinus+succeeds+Victor+I+199&pg=PA986}}</ref>
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== Births ==

[[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] Roman emperor (d. [[264]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 7]] 
** [[Gao Shun]], Chinese general and advisor
** [[Lü Bu]], Chinese general and warlord
** [[Chen Gong]]
* [[Chen Ji (Chen Shi's son)|Chen Ji]], Chinese official, scholar and politician
* [[Gongsun Zan]], Chinese general and warlord<ref>{{cite book|last=Huang|first=Hongquan|title=Anthology of Song Dynasty Ci-poetry|year=1988|publisher=People's Liberation Army Pub. House|page=542|isbn=9787506506663|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NdRHAAAAMAAJ&q=killed+Gongsun+Zan}}</ref>
* [[Qin Yilu]] (or '''Qin Yi'''), Chinese general
* [[Suro of Geumgwan Gaya]], Korean ruler 
* [[Tian Kai]], Chinese official and general 
* [[Yuan Shu]], Chinese general and warlord<ref>{{cite book|last=Léon|first=Wieger|editor=Werner, Edward Theodore Chalmers|title=China throughout the ages|year=1928|publisher=Hsien Press|page=449|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gtcBAAAAMAAJ&q=Yuan+Shu+died+199}}</ref>

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