203

This article is about the year 203. For the number, see203 (number).For other uses, see203 (disambiguation).

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century 3rd century 4th century
Decades:	180s 190s 200s 210s 220s
Years:	200 201 202 203 204 205 206

203 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	203 CCIII
Ab urbe condita	956
Assyrian calendar	4953
Balinese saka calendar	124–125
Bengali calendar	−390
Berber calendar	1153
Buddhist calendar	747
Burmese calendar	−435
Byzantine calendar	5711–5712
Chinese calendar	Nhâm ngọNiên (WaterHorse) 2900 or 2693 — to — Quý vị niên (WaterGoat) 2901 or 2694
Coptic calendar	−81 – −80
Discordian calendar	1369
Ethiopian calendar	195–196
Hebrew calendar	3963–3964
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	259–260
-Shaka Samvat	124–125
-Kali Yuga	3303–3304
Holocene calendar	10203
Iranian calendar	419 BP – 418 BP
Islamic calendar	432 BH – 431 BH
Javanese calendar	80–81
Julian calendar	203 CCIII
Korean calendar	2536
Minguo calendar	1709 beforeROC Dân tiền 1709 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−1265
Seleucid era	514/515AG
Thai solar calendar	745–746
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy mã niên (male Water-Horse) 329 or −52 or −824 — to — Âm thủy dương niên (female Water-Goat) 330 or −51 or −823

Year203(CCIII) was acommon year starting on Saturday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Plautianus and Geta(or, less frequently,year 956Ab urbe condita). The denomination 203 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when theAnno Dominicalendar erabecame the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• EmperorSeptimius SeverusrebuildsByzantium,and expands the southern frontier ofAfrica,with the metropolisCarthagere-fortified.
• Gaius Fulvius PlautianusandPublius Septimius GetabecomeRoman Consuls.
• Anarchdedicated to Septimius Severus is erected near theForum.
• ThePortico of Octaviais reconstructed.

India

• PrinceVijayabecomes king of theAndhra Empire.During his reign, the empire is broken apart into smaller independent principalities.

China

• Battle of Xiakou:WarlordSun Quanbattles his rivalHuang Zualong theYangtze RivernearWuhan.

By topic

Religion

• Origen of AlexandriareplacesClementas the head of theChristianschool inAlexandria.

Births

• Zhuge Ke,Chinese general and politician (d.253)

Deaths

• Ŭl P'a-so,Korean official and Prime-Minister
• Ling Cao,Chinese general underSun Ce
• Perpetua and Felicity,Christian martyrs
• Sun Yi,Chinese general and politician (b.184)
• Wu Jing,Chinese general under Sun Ce