203

The year 203 (CCIII) was a common year beginning on a Saturday of the Julian calendar, in force on that date.

In the Roman Empire the year was named of the consulate of Plautianus and Geta or, less commonly, as 956 Ab urbe condita, being its denomination as 203 later, from the Middle Ages, when the Anno Domini was established.

Events

Roman Empire

• The Roman emperor Septimius Severo reconstructs Byzantium.
• Origen replaces Clemente as the head of the Christian school in Alexandria.

Asian

• Reigned in India of Vijaya, Savahana king of Andhra Pradesh.
• The Andhra Empire begins to fragment into smaller and more independent principalities.

Art and Literature

• It erects an arch dedicated to Severo near the Roman Forum.
• The Octavia Portico is rebuilt.

Births

• November: Mahavatar Babaji in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Probable birth of the Roman emperor Marco Aurelio Antonino, better known as Heliogábalo (m. 222)

Deaths

• Perpetual and Charginian Christian Happiness.