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How long does the Severan Dynasty last for?

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193-235 A.D.

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Who is the first emperor of the Severan Dynasty?

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Septimius Severus

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When does the Severan Dynasty begin?

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193 A.D.

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When does Septimius Severus begin his reign?

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193 A.D.

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How long does Septimius Severus reign for?

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193-211 A.D.

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Where was Septimius Severus born?

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Leptis Magna in the province of Africa

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In what province was Septimius Severus born in?

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Africa

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Who was Septimius Severus’s powerful and influential wife?

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Julia Domna

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Under the rule of Septimius Severus, what changes were made to the Praetorian Guard?

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Opened the ranks of the Praetorian Guard to provincials; he also filled up the Praetorian Guard with his own, loyal troops

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What rival did Septimius Severus defeat in Syria?

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Pescennius Niger

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At what battle was Septimius Severus’s rival, Pescennius Niger, defeated?

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battle of Issus (194)

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In what year did the battle of Issus occur?

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194 A.D.

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Who was made Caesar while Septimius Severus was fighting Pescennius Niger?

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Clodius Albinus

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Who defeated Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum in 197 A.D.?

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Septimius Severus

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In what year was Clodius Albinus defeated by Septimius Severus at Lugdunum?

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197 A.D.

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In what year did Septimius Severus sack the Parthian capital?

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198 A.D.

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What Parthian capital did Septimius Severus sack during war with the Parthians?

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Ctesiphon

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What construction did Septimius Severus build to commemorate his and his sons’ victories over the Parthians?

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The Arch of Septimius Severus

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In what year was the Arch of Septimius Severus built?

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203 A.D.

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Who was Septimius Severus’s Praetorian Prefect?

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Fulvius Plautianus

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Who was Fulvius Plautianus’s daughter?

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Plautilla

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Who was Plautilla married to?

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Caracalla

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How did Caracalla feel towards his wife Plautilla?

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He hated her

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When Caracalla tried to divorce Plautilla what did Fulvius Plautianus threaten to do?

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To kill him

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What were the consequences of Fulvius Plautianus's threat to kill Caracalla?
he was killed (205 A.D.)
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What Praetorian Prefect was killed in the year 205 A.D. for threatening to kill Caracalla, lest he would divorce his daughter?
Fulvius Plautianus
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What former jurist replaced Fulvius Plautianus's position as Praetorian Prefect?
Aemilius Papinianus
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What famous advice did Septimius Severus give to his sons?
"Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn everybody else."
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Where did Septimius Severus die in?
Eboracum (York)
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When did Septimius Severus die?
211 A.D.
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In what year did Caracalla begin his reign?
211 A.D.
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Who co-ruled with Caracalla in 211 A.D.?
Geta
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How long did Caracalla reign for?
211-217 A.D.
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Who were Caracalla and Geta's parents?
Septimius Severus and Julia Domna
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Caracalla had whom killed in 211 A.D., leaving him to be sole emperor?
His brother and co-emperor, Geta
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In what year was Geta assassinated?
211 A.D.
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Parts of Geta's career are often ambiguous and abridged because he suffered from what punishment?
Damnatio Memoriae
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In what year did Caracalla give citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire?
212 A.D.
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What declaration gave all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship?
Constitutio Antoniniana
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Caracalla was notorious for what baths?
“Baths of Caracalla”
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Where was Caracalla assassinated?
Carrhae
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Who assassinated Caracalla?
Martialis probably at the instigation of the praetorian prefect, Macrinus
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What Praetorian Prefect (later emperor) may have plausibly been behind the assassination of Caracalla?
Macrinus
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When did Caracalla die?
217 A.D.
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Possibly a conspirator in the assassination of Caracalla, what Praetorian Prefect was made emperor after the later Caracalla?
Macrinus
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When did Macrinus begin his rule?
217 A.D.
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How long did Macrinus's rule last?
217-218 A.D.
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Although he is still considered to be part of the Severan Dynasty, Macrinus did not belong to what family?
Severan family
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Macrinus was the first non-senator (or was never of senatorial rank), from the Equites ranks to fill what office?
emperor
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Who was of "Moorish" decent?
Macrinus
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In what year did Macrinus die?
218 A.D.
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When did Elagabalus begin his reign?
218 A.D.
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How long did Elagabalus reign for?
218-222 A.D.
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How was Elagabalus made emperor?
Declared emperor by the troops at Emessa in Syria
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What was Elagabalus's original cognomen?
“Bassianus”
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Who was Elagabulus's mother?
Julia Soaemias, neice of Julia Domna
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What god was Elagabulus known to worship?
sun God ‘Sol Invictus’
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Elagabulus forced the people to worship a black stone he brought to Rome from where?
Syria
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Who killed Elagabulus?
Praetorian Guard
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In what year was Elagabulus killed?
222 A.D.
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When did Severus Alexander begin his reign?
222 A.D.
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What emperor reigned from 222-235 A.D.?
Severus Alexander
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Who was the last of the Severan Dynasty?
Severus Alexander
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Severus Alexander was cousins with whom?
Elagabulus
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What women in the Severan family had great influence and power over Severus Alexander?
grandmother Julia Maesa and his mother Julia Mamaea
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Who was the mother of Severus Alexander?
Julia Mamaea
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Who was the mother of Julia Mamaea?
Julia Maesa
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Who was the Praetorian Prefect under Severus Alexander who was murdered in 228 A.D.?
distinguished jurist Domitius Ulpianus
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In what year was the Praetorian Prefect Domitius Ulpianus murdered?
228 A.D.
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During Alexander Severus's reign, the Arsacid Parthian Dynasty was replaced by what other dynasty?
Sassanid Persian Dynasty
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Who led the Sassanid Persian Dynasty?
Ardashir (father of Shapur I)
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In what year what the Sassanid Persian Dynasty founded?
226 A.D.
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Whose soldiers killed Alexander Severus, ushering in the era of the Barracks Emperors?
Maximinus Thrax
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When did Alexander Severus die and the Severan Dynasty end?
235 A.D.

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