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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 Ctesiphon?

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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 1st 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?

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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?

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Fulvius Plautianus

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What former jurist replaced Fulvius Plautianus’s position as Praetorian Prefect?

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Aemilius Papinianus

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What famous advice did Septimius Severus give to his sons?

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“Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn everybody else.”

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Where did Septimius Severus die in?

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Eboracum (York)

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When did Septimius Severus die?

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211 A.D.

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In what year did Caracalla begin his reign?

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211 A.D.

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Who co-ruled with Caracalla in 211 A.D.?

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Geta

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How long did Caracalla reign for?

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211-217 A.D.

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Who were Caracalla and Geta’s parents?

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Septimius Severus and Julia Domna

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Caracalla had whom killed in 211 A.D., leaving him to be sole emperor?

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His brother and co-emperor, Geta

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In what year was Geta assassinated?

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211 A.D.

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Parts of Geta’s career are often ambiguous and abridged because he suffered from what punishment?

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Damnatio Memoriae

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In what year did Caracalla give citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire?

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212 A.D.

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What declaration gave all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship?

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Constitutio Antoniniana

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40
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Caracalla was notorious for what baths?

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“Baths of Caracalla”

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41
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Where was Caracalla assassinated?

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Carrhae

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Who assassinated Caracalla?

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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?

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Macrinus

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When did Caracalla die?

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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?

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Macrinus

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When did Macrinus begin his rule?

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How long did Macrinus’s rule last?

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217-218 A.D.

48
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Although he is still considered to be part of the Severan Dynasty, Macrinus did not belong to what family?

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Severan family

49
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Macrinus was the first non-senator (or was never of senatorial rank), from the Equites ranks to fill what office?

50
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Who was of “Moorish” decent?

51
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In what year did Macrinus die?

52
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When did Elagabalus begin his reign?

53
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How long did Elagabalus reign for?

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218-222 A.D.

54
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How was Elagabalus made emperor?

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Declared emperor by the troops at Emesa in Syria

55
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What was Elagabalus’s original cognomen?

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“Bassianus”

56
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Who was Elagabulus’s mother?

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Julia Soaemias, neice of Julia Domna

57
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What god was Elagabulus known to worship?

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sun God ‘Sol Invictus’

58
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Elagabulus forced the people to worship a black stone he brought to Rome from where?

59
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Who killed Elagabulus?

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Praetorian Guard

60
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In what year was Elagabulus killed?

61
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When did Severus Alexander begin his reign?

62
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What emperor reigned from 222-235 A.D.?

A

Severus Alexander

63
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Who was the last of the Severan Dynasty?

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Severus Alexander

64
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Severus Alexander was cousins with whom?

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Elagabulus

65
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What women in the Severan family had great influence and power over Severus Alexander?

A

grandmother Julia Maesa and his mother Julia Mamaea

66
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Who was the mother of Severus Alexander?

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Julia Mamaea

67
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Who was the mother of Julia Mamaea?

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Julia Maesa

68
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Who was the Praetorian Prefect under Severus Alexander who was murdered in 228 A.D.?

A

distinguished jurist Domitius Ulpianus

69
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In what year was the Praetorian Prefect Domitius Ulpianus murdered?

70
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During Alexander Severus’s reign, the Arsacid Parthian Dynasty was replaced by what other dynasty?

A

Sassanid Persian Dynasty

71
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Who led the Sassanid Persian Dynasty?

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Ardashir (father of Shapur I)

72
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In what year what the Sassanid Persian Dynasty founded?

73
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Whose soldiers killed Alexander Severus, ushering in the era of the Barracks Emperors?

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Maximinus Thrax

74
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When did Alexander Severus die and the Severan Dynasty end?

75
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Who was the first emperor born in Africa?

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Septimius Severus

76
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What family was Septimius Severus adopted into?

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Aurelians / Marcus Aurelius’

77
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What Roman emperor was adopted into the family of Marcus Aurelius, also starting the Severan dynasty?

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Septimius Severus

78
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What tribe invaded northern Britain during the reign of Septimius Severus, capturing Eboracum and badly damaging Hadrian’s Wall?

79
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The Maetae captured what city during the reign of Septimius Severus, coincidentally serving as the deathplace of the emperor?

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Eboracum / York

80
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What Roman commander drived away the Maeatae from Northern Britain when they captured Eboracum and badly damaged Hadrian’s Wall?

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Virius Lupus

81
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Virius Lupus drove away what tribe from Northern Britian, who had occupied Eboracum and badly damaged Hadrian’s Wall during the reign of Septimius Severus?

82
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What Roman rebuilt Hadrian’s Wall after the Maeatae badly damaged it?

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Alfenus Senecio

83
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Alfenus Senecio repairs this structure after the Maeatae badly damaged it, during the reign of Septimius Severus

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Hadrian’s Wall

84
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What Roman emperor’s name came from a long Gallic cape that he wore?

85
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Caracalla’s name came from what posession of his that he wore?

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A long Gallic cape

86
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Macrinus was the Praetorian Prefect of what Roman emperor?

87
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What Roman emperor wanted to increase the pay raise of soliders by 600 denarii, hence his Constitutio Antoniniana?

88
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Caracalla wanted to increase the pay of what people by 600 denarii?

89
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Caracalla wanted to increase the pay of soldiers by how much?

A

600 denarii

90
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What province was Macrinus from?

A

Mauretania Caesariensis

91
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What Roman emperor was from Mauretania Caesariensis, the first equestrian to be in the position?

A

Marcus Opellinus Macrinus

92
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Name the son of Macrinus

A

Diadumenianus

93
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Diadumenianus was the son of what Roman emperor?

A

Marcus Opellinus Macrinus

94
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Macrinus warred against this king of Parthia

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Artabanus V

95
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Artabanus V was king of what kingdom?

96
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Name the two Roman emperors that warred against Artabanus V, both of the Severan dynasty?

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Caracalla, Marcus Opellinus Macrinus

97
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When was the battle of Antioch, where Macrinus is defeated?

98
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What battle was in 218 AD?

A

1st Battle of Antioch

99
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What city was the capital of Syria?

100
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Antioch was the captial of what Roman province?

101
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Name the victorious and losing commanders at Antioch in 218 AD

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Victorious: Varius Avetus Bassianus (Elagabalus)
Losing: Marcus Opellinus Macrinus

102
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At what battle in 218 AD was Macrinus defeated by Elagabalus?

A

1st Battle of Antioch

103
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Name the sister of Juliua Domna

A

Julia Maesa

104
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Name the sister of Julia Maesa

A

Julia Domna

105
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Name the daughters of Julia Maesa

A

Julia Soaemias, Julia Mamaea

106
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Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea were daughters of what woman of the Severan Dynasty?

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Julia Maesa

107
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Name the sister of Julia Soaemias

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Julia Mamaea

108
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Name the sister of Julia Mamaea

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Julia Soaemias

109
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What Roman emperor divorced his first wife so that he could marry a Vestal Virgin, Aquilia Severa?

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Varius Avetus Bassianus / Elagabalus

110
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Name the second wife of Elagabalus, a Vestal Virgin

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Aquilia Severa

111
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Aquilia Severa, the second wife of Elagabalus, was a member of religious group in Rome?

A

Vestal Virgins

112
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Name the son of Julia Mamaea, a Roman emperor

A

Gessius Bassianus Alexianus / Severus Alexander

113
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What Roman emperor was 14 years old when he ascended to the throne?

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Varius Avetus Bassianus / Elagabalus

114
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How old was Elagabalus when he became emperor?

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