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Commodus through Severan Dynasty Flashcards

1
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What Roman emperor was born Lucius Aelius Aurelius, but changed his first two names to math his father’s when he died?

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M. Aurelius COMMODUS Antoninus

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How long did Commodus rule for?

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12 years (of neglect), from 180 to 192AD

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3
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Who did Commodus dress up as?

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Hercules

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4
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Which of Commodus’ freedmen sold 25 consulships in one day?

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Cleander

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5
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What emperor established a secret police known as the Frumentarii

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Commodus

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What was Commodus’s secret police called?

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Frumentarii

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7
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What did Commodus rename Rome?

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Colonia Commodiana

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Who was Commodus’s wife, and who was his mistriss?

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Wife was Crispina, mistress was Marcia

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Who was Commodus’s sister, who tried to kill him in 182 AD?

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Lucilla

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10
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What emperor permanently abandoned the wall of Antoninus in Britain and pulled the boundary back to Hadrian’s wall?

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Commodus

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11
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Which emperor competed as a gladiator?

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Commodus

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12
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How did Commodus die?

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Strangled by wrestling partner Narcissus in the bath after Marcia, his mistress failed to poison him

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13
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When was the year of 5 emperors?

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193 AD

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14
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Who was the first emperor of 193 AD?

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Pertinax

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15
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What does Pertinax mean?

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Persevering or obstinate

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16
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Who helped Pertinax get the throne, but later led the guards who killed him?

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Laetus

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17
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What did Pertinax do to avoid his family’s murders?

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Didn’t give them imperial titles

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18
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Which emperor bought the throne in an auction?

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Didius Julianus

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19
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Who did Didius Julianus outbid for the throne?

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Sulpicianus, Pertinax’s father in law

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20
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How many sesterces did Didius Julianus bid per guardsman for the throne?

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25,000 sesterces

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21
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What happened to Didius Julianus?

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Killed by Praetorian Guard

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22
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Who ultimately was the ruler of 193 AD?

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Septimius Severus

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23
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Where was Septimius Severus from?

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Leptis Magna (modern day Libya)

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24
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Who was Septimius Severus’ wife?

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Julia Domna

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Who did Septimius Severus have to defeat for the throne?

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Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger

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26
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At what battle did Septimius Severus defeat Pescennius Niger?

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Battle of Issus (194 AD)

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27
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At what battle did Septimius Severus defeat Clodius Albinus?

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Battle of Lugdunum (197 AD)

28
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What group people did Septimius Severus defeat, sacking their capital of Ctesiphon?

A

Parthians

29
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Who were the 5 emperors of 193 AD?

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Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Clodius Albinus, Pescennius Niger, Septimius Severus

30
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What does Septimius Severus have to honor his sack of Ctesiphon (one of 5 times Romans sack it)?

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An arch in the forum

31
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What emperor in the last year of his reign rebuilt Hadrian’s Wall across Britain?

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Septimius Severus

32
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Where and when did Septimius Severus die?

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Eboracum (York) in 211 AD

33
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Who were Septimius Severus’ sons?

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Geta and Caracalla

34
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What emperor’s real name was Marcus Aurelius Antoninus?

A

Caracalla

35
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When did Geta and Caracalla rule together?

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211 AD

36
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How did Geta die?

A

Caracalla killed him and “Damnatio Memoriae”d him

37
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Who granted citizenship for everyone in the empire in order to get more tax money?

A

Caracalla

38
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Where does Caracalla get his name?

A

From the Gallic cloak that he always wore

39
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What law granted citizenship for everyone in the empire, and who passed it?

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Constitutio Antoniniana (212 AD), passed by Caracalla

40
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How did Caracalla die in 217 AD?

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Killed when urinating on side of the road in Carrhae

41
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Who probably orchestrated Caracalla’s death and was emperor after him?

A

Macrinus

42
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Who was the first emperor not of senatorial rank, and what rank was he?

A

Macrinus, who was of Equestrian rank

43
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Where was Macrinus from?

A

Mauritania

44
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Who helped plan the execution of Macrinus after being sent back to Emessa, Syria to get her grandson Elagabalus on the throne?

A

Julia Maesa

45
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Who did Macrinus rule with?

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Diadumenianus, his son (only briefly)

46
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Who was emperor after Macrinus?

A

Elagabalus

47
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After what battle did Macrinus shave his beard to try to go unnoticed, before eventually being discovered and killed?

A

Antioch

48
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What emperor’s real name was Varius Avitus Bassianus?

A

Elagabalus

49
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How old was Elagabalus when he was made emperor?

A

14

50
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Who was Elagabalus’ mother?

A

Julia Soaemias

51
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What was Elagabalus’ real name?

A

Bassianus

52
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Which emperor would catapult snakes into a crowd?

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Elagabalus

53
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Who did Elagabalus worship?

A

Elagabal/Helios

54
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What cult was Elagabalus a part of?

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Sol Invictus

55
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What emperor worshiped a conical black stone that he had shipped from Syria?

A

Elagabalus

56
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Who orchestrated the death of Elagabalus?

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Julia Maesa (his grandma)

57
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What Syrian city was Elagabalus from?

A

Emessa

58
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How did Elagabalus die?

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Killed when hiding in a latrine, body thrown in Tiber

59
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Who was Elagabalus’ cousin and the last Severan emperor?

A

Severus Alexander

60
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Who was Severus Alexander’s mother?

A

Julia Mamaea

61
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Who was Elagabalus and Severus Alexander’s shared grandmother, making them cousins?

A

Julia Maesa

62
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What empire replaced the Parthian Empire in 224 AD during Severus Alexander’s reign, and who started it?

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Ardashir started the Sassanid Empire

63
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Who essentially ruled during Severus Alexander’s reign?

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Julia Mamaea and praetorian prefect Ulpian (Ulpian was killed in front of Severus Alexander though)

64
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How did Severus Alexander die in 235 AD?

A

Maximinus Thrax (8 foot tall Thracian) cut of his head and put it on a spike

65
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Name the Severan emperors

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Septimius Severus, Geta, Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander

66
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Who was Septimius Severus’ second wife, and mother to Geta and Caracalla?

A

Julia Domna

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