190

Year 190 (CXC) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Sura (or, less frequently, year 943 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 190 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.

This article is about the year 190. For the number, see 190 (number). For other uses, see 190 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century 2nd century 3rd century
Decades:	170s 180s 190s 200s 210s
Years:	187 188 189 190 191 192 193

190 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	190 CXC
Ab urbe condita	943
Assyrian calendar	4940
Balinese saka calendar	111–112
Bengali calendar	−403
Berber calendar	1140
Buddhist calendar	734
Burmese calendar	−448
Byzantine calendar	5698–5699
Chinese calendar	己巳年 (Earth Snake) 2886 or 2826     — to — 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 2887 or 2827
Coptic calendar	−94 – −93
Discordian calendar	1356
Ethiopian calendar	182–183
Hebrew calendar	3950–3951
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	246–247
- Shaka Samvat	111–112
- Kali Yuga	3290–3291
Holocene calendar	10190
Iranian calendar	432 BP – 431 BP
Islamic calendar	445 BH – 444 BH
Javanese calendar	67–68
Julian calendar	190 CXC
Korean calendar	2523
Minguo calendar	1722 before ROC 民前1722年
Nanakshahi calendar	−1278
Seleucid era	501/502 AG
Thai solar calendar	732–733
Tibetan calendar	阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 316 or −65 or −837     — to — 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 317 or −64 or −836

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• A part of Rome burns, and Emperor Commodus orders the city to be rebuilt under the name Colonia Commodiana.
• A Roman road crosses the Alps by the Simplon Pass.

China

• First year of the Chuping era of the Chinese Han Dynasty.
• The Campaign against Dong Zhuo begins.
• Luoyang is burned and plundered by the forces of Dong Zhuo. The court is moved to Chang'an.

Parthia

• Osroes II, controlling Media, claims the throne of the Parthian Empire. King Vologases IV of Parthia puts down the rebellion and restores order.

By topic

Arts and sciences

• Cleomedes teaches that the moon does not glow on its own, but rather reflects sunlight.

Economics

• Egypt (under Roman rule) is impoverished due to an inflation rate of 100% during the previous decade.
• The percentage of silver in the Egyptian denarius is lowered from 90% to 70%.

Births

• Ma Su, Chinese general of the Shu Han state in the Three Kingdoms period (d. 228)
• Timesitheus, advisor and praetorian prefect (d. 243)

Deaths

• March 6 – Liu Bian (poisoned by Dong Zhuo) (b. 176)
• Athenagoras of Athens, Christian apologist (b. 133)
• Marcus Aurelius Cleander, praetorian prefect
• Xun Shuang, Confucian writer and scholar (b. 128)[1]

References

1. Goodman, Howard L. (2010). Xun Xu and the Politics of Precision in Third-Century Ad China. BRILL. p. 39. ISBN 900418337X.