188

Millennium:	1st millennium
Centuries:	1st century – 2nd century – 3rd century
Decades:	150s  160s  170s  – 180s –  190s  200s  210s
Years:	185 186 187 – 188 – 189 190 191

Year 188 (CLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.

Roman Empire

• Publius Helvius Pertinax becomes proconsul of Africa.

Asia

• Queen Himiko (aka, Pimiko) starts to rule in Japan.
• Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun are defeated by Han forces under Liu Yu.

Births

• April 4 – Lucius Septimius Bassianus (Caracalla), Roman Emperor (d. 217)
• Sun Shao, general of Wu (d. 241)