# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pescennius-niger
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:19.718Z

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name: "Pescennius Niger"
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description: "A Roman general who bet on the wrong civil war. When the throne opened in 193, Pescennius Niger declared himself emperor from the East — and lost everything to Septimius Severus within a year."
tagline: "Roman emperor (135-194)"
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birthDate: "135"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Gaius Pescennius Niger was born around 135 and rose through the Roman military to command legions in the East. In 193, after the emperor Pertinax was murdered and the disgraced senator Didius Julianus bought the throne at auction, Niger refused to accept it. He claimed the purple himself, rallying support from the eastern provinces. But another general, Septimius Severus, moved faster and harder from the West. By 194 Niger's armies had been crushed, and he died fleeing Antioch — one more body in the Year of the Five Emperors.