203

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	2nd century – 3rd century – 4th century
Decades:	170s  180s  190s  – 200s –  210s  220s  230s
Years:	200 201 202 – 203 – 204 205 206

Year 203 (CCIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

By place

Roman Empire

• Emperor Septimius Severus rebuilds Byzantium.
• Gaius Fulvius Plautianus and Publius Septimius Geta become Roman Consuls.
• An arch dedicated to Severus is put up near the Forum.
• The Portico of Octavia is rebuilt.

Asia

• Reign in India of Vijaya, Satavahana king of the Andhra.
• The Andhra empire is being broken apart into smaller and smaller independent sections.

By topic

Religion

• Origen of Alexandria replaces Clement as the head of the Christian school in Alexandria.

Births

• November – Mahavatar Babaji in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu, India
• Probable birth of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Elagabalus (d. 222)
• Cao Rui, emperor of the Kingdom of Wei (approximate date) (d. 239)
• Zhuge Ke, son of Zhuge Jin, officer of the Wu Kingdom (d. 253)

Deaths

• Perpetua, Christian saint (martyred)
• Felicitas, Christian saint (martyred)
• Ling Cao, general under Sun Ce and father of Ling Tong (killed by pirate Gan Ning)
• Wu Jing