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Flavian Dynasty through Five Good Emperors Flashcards

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When was the Flavian Dynasty in power?

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69-96 AD

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Who was the first of the Flavian emperors?

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Vespasian

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Who was Vespasian originally?

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Soldier under Claudius when acquiring Britannia

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Who was Vespasian’s regent in Rome while he made his way there?

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C. Licinius Mucianus

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What emperor’s reign led to philosophers’ opposition to his plan of passing down the empire hereditarily?

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Vespasian

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What philosopher did Vespasian have executed in 75 AD? (Exiled by Nero)

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Helvidius Priscus

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What emperor was the son of a tax collector?

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Vespasian

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Who did Vespasian appoint as governor of Britannia?

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Agricola

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What areas of Britannia did Agricola conquer?

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Wales, Northern England, and Scotland

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At what battle of 83 AD did Agricola defeat the Caledonians?

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Mons Graupius

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Who did Agricola defeat in 83 AD at Mons Graupius?

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Calgacus and the Caledonians

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What did Vespasian tax, and what did he say about it?

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Urine, said “pecunia non olet”

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Which emperor appointed Vespasian as the general of the Roman forces during the First Jewish War (66-73 AD)?

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Nero

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At what event of 73-74 AD did over a thousand Jewish people kill themselves rather than be captured by the approaching Romans up the hill?

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Siege of Masada

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Which Roman led the forces at the Siege of Mesada?

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Flavius Silva

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What building projects did Vespasian commission?

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Flavian Amphitheater, Forum Vespasiani, and Templum Pacis (temple of peace, had a marble map of Rome)

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Who was Vespasian’s older son, and second Flavian emperor?

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Titus

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18
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Who sacked Jerusalem in 70 AD, getting an Arch in the Forum for it?

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Titus

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Which Jewish princess did Titus have an affair with?

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Berenice

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Who was emperor when the Flavian Amphitheater opened in 80 AD?

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Titus

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21
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Who was the “Darling of Mankind”?

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Titus

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What were the three bad things in Titus’s rule?

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Eruption of Mt Vesuvius (Aug 24, 79 AD), big fire, big plague (killed him)

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Who was the last of the Flavian’s and younger son to Vespasian?

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Domitian

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What did Domitian have people call him?

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“Dominus et Deus” (Lord and God)

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What temple, destroyed in the fire of 80 AD, did Domitian rebuild?

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Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus

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Who revolted in 88 AD, during Domitian’s rule?

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Saturninus, governor of Germania Superior

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Which Romans put down the revolt of Saturninus in 89 AD?

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Trajan (not really) and Lappius Maximus (L. Appius Maximus)

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Where did Lappius Maximus defeat Saturninus in 89 AD?

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Battle of Castellum

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Who did Domitian persecute?

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Christians, and limited Senate’s power

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30
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How did Domitian die?

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His servant Stephanus stabs him to death under the orders of Domitian’s wife, Domitia

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“Damnatio Memoriae” refers to the erasing from memory of which emperor?

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Domitian

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Who was the first of the 5 Good Emperors?

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Nerva, old, chosen by Senate

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Which Praetorian Guard did Nerva reveal to have been involved in Domitian’s assassination plot?

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Petronius Secundus

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34
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What was Nerva’s full name?

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M. Cocceius Nerva

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Why does Nerva choose Trajan as his heir?

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Trajan had military support, so making him his heir made the army support Nerva more

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36
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Where was Trajan governor of when Nerva adopted him?

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Germania Inferior

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37
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The ashes of which emperor, a distant relative of the Julio-Claudians, were the last to be
placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus in 98 AD?

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Nerva

38
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Name the 5 Good Emperors in order?

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Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Aurelius

39
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Who was the second of the 5 Good Emperors?

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Trajan

40
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What was Trajan’s full name?

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M. Ulpius Trajanus

41
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Who was the “optimus princeps” (best leader)?

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Trajan

42
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Who was the first emperor from a province, and where was her from?

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Trajan, from Italica in Hispania Baetica

43
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When did the Empire reach its greatest extent?

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117 AD, when Trajan died

44
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What four provinces did Trajan acquire?

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Arabia, Mesopotamia, Armenia, and Dacia

45
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How did Trajan die?

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A stroke

46
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What city did Trajan defeat to acquire Mesopotamia?

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Ctesiphon

47
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Who did Trajan have to fight to gain Dacia?

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Decebalus

48
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Which of Rome’s seven hills had to be partially excavated to provide room for Trajan’s
market and forum?

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Quirinal

49
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How did Decebalus die?

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Suicide to avoid capture

50
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What city in Dacia did Trajan destroy?

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Sarmizegetusa

51
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Who did Trajan defeat to gain Armenia?

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Parthamasiris, King of Armenia

52
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Who was Trajan’s wife?

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Plotina

53
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What was the alimenta program?

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-Helped the poor
-Expanded by Trajan (might have been started by Nerva)

54
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Who was Trajan just returning from fighting when he died?

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The Parthians

55
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What emperor’s rise to the throne was aided by a Praetorian prefect, and what was his name?

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Hadrian was helped to the throne by Attianus

56
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What was Hadrian called?

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Graeculus “Greekling”

57
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Who was Hadrian’s lover?

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Antinous, who died in the Nile and Hadrian made cults around him

58
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Where was Hadrian’s villa?

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Tivoly

59
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Who was Hadrian’s wife?

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Sabina

60
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Selgovae and Novantae were tribes of what province?

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Britannia

61
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What structure went from the Solway Firth to the River Tyne?

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Hadrian’s Wall

62
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What governor of Britannia is credited with the building of Hadrian’s wall?

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Platorius Nepos

63
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Who rebuilt the Pantheon after it burned down?

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Hadrian

64
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Who built the Athenaeum, and what was it?

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Hadrian
It was a college-like place that focused on Greek literature

65
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What city did Hadrian build on top of the ruins of Jerusalem?

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Aelia Capitolina

66
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What revolt occurred after Hadrian put up a statue of Jupiter Optimus Maximus in Aelia Capitolina, and who led each side?

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The Bar Khokba revolt, Romans led by Julius Severus, Jewish people led by Simon Bar Khokba

67
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What did Hadrian build in Rome for his family?

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Hadrian’s Mausoleum

68
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Who was the fourth of the 5 Good Emperors?

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Antoninus Pius (not much known, peaceful rule)

69
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What did Antoninus Pius build?

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Antonine Wall (north of Hadrian’s)

70
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Who was Antoninus Pius’s governor of Britannia who built the wall?

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Q. Lollius Urbicus

71
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What structure went from the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Forth?

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Antonine Wall

72
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What was unique about the Antonine Wall?

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It was mainly made of turf

73
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Why was Antoninus Pius called “Pius”?

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Would only agree to be emperor if the senate deified Harian

74
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What was the condition on which Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius?

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That he would adopt Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Aurelius Verus

75
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Who was Antoninus Pius’ wife?

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Faustina the Elder (mother of Faustina the Younger)

76
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Who was the last of the 5 Good Emperors?

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Marcus Aurelius

77
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Who were 3 tutors of Marcus Aurelius?

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Aninus Macer, Herodes Atticus, and Fronto

78
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What was Marcus Aurelius’ original name?

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Marcus Annius Verus

79
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Who was the Philosopher Emperor?

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Marcus Aurelius

80
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What nickname was young Marcus Aurelius given, and who gave it to him?

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Hadrian (emperor) gave him the nickname Verissimus

81
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What did Marcus Aurelius write?

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The Meditations

82
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Who did Marcus Aurelius co-rule with?

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Lucius Aurelius Verus

83
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Who was Lucius Verus’s wife?

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Lucilla (Marcus Aurelia’s daughter)

84
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What general under Marcus Aurelius sacked Ctesiphon (in Parthia) and later plotted against Marcus Aurelius by spreading a rumor that he was dead?

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Avidius Cassius

85
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Who and where did Marcus Aurelius fight?

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Around the Danube, The Marcomanni

86
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Who did Marcus Aurelius summon to Rome during the plague?

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Galen, a famous physician

87
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Who did Marcus Aurelius fight?

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Quadi, Sarmatians, Iazyges, and Marcomanni

88
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Who was Marcus Aurelius’ son?

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Commodus

89
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Who was Marcus Aurelius’ wife?

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Faustina the Younger

90
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Where did Marcus Aurelius die in 180 AD?

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Vienna/ Vindebona

91
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Who added the hexagonal port at Ostia?

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Trajan

92
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Marcus Aurelius’s last words

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“Go to the rising sun; I am already setting.”

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