Chapter 85: The Savior of the Empire

Question 1

Ardashir I

Answer 1

he was the founder of the Sasanian Empire.

Question 2

Aurelian

Answer 2

he was Roman Emperor from 270 to 275, he rose through the military ranks to become emperor.

Question 3

Constantine

Answer 3

he was a Roman Emperor from 306 to 337 AD, and was the son of Flavius.

Question 4

Constantius

Answer 4

he was Roman Emperor from 293 to 306, and the father of Constantine the Great and founder of the Constantinian dynasty.

Question 5

Daevas

Answer 5

they are creatures that promote chaos and disorder.

Question 6

Decius

Answer 6

he was Roman Emperor from 249 to 251, he co-ruled with his son Herennius Etruscus until they were both killed in the Battle of Abritus.

Question 7

Galerius

Answer 7

he was Roman Emperor from 305 to 311, and he sacked Ctesiphon in 299.

Question 8

Gallienus

Answer 8

he was Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268.

Question 9

Goths

Answer 9

they were an East Germanic people, they played an important role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe.

Question 10

Maxentius

Answer 10

he was Roman Emperor from 306 to 312.

Question 11

Maximian

Answer 11

he was Roman Emperor from 286 to 305, he was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305.

Question 12

Ostrogoths

Answer 12

they were a branch of the later Goths, under Theodoric the Great, they established a kingdom in Italy.

Question 13

Philip

Answer 13

he was the King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon from 359 BC until his assassination in 336 BC.

Question 14

Sassanian

Answer 14

it was the last Iranian empire before the rise of Islam, ruled by the Sasanian dynasty from 224 AD to 651 AD.

Question 15

Severus

Answer 15

he was Roman emperor from 193 to 211, he was born in Leptis Magna in the Roman province of Africa.

Question 16

Shah

Answer 16

it was a title given to the emperors/kings and lords of Persia.

Question 17

Shapur

Answer 17

The dates of his reign are commonly given as AD 240/42 – 270/72, but it is likely that he also reigned as co-regent prior to his father’s death in 242.

Question 18

Valerian

Answer 18

he was Roman Emperor from 253 to 260 AD.

Question 19

Visigoths

Answer 19

they were branches of tribes of Germanic peoples referred to as the Goths. These tribes flourished and spread during the late Roman Empire.

Question 20

Zoroastrianism

Answer 20

it is one of the world’s oldest monotheistic religions. It was founded by the Prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran approximately 3500 years ago.