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NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS , governor
Commodus . On the death of Pertinax (A.D. 193), he was saluted emperor by the troops at Antioch, but unaccountably delayed marching on Rome until he learned that Septimius Severus, one of the rival claimants, had assumed the offensive. He then strongly garrisoned Byzantium and the principal
Asia
Minor , but after his legate Aemilianus had been defeated and slain near Cyzicus
Gates
Aelius Spartianus, Pescennius Niger; Dio Cassius lxxii. 8; lxxiii. 13, 14.End of Article: NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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