🐍 Severans Flashcards
Which emperor succeeded Commodus and ruled briefly in 193 AD?
Pertinax
Which emperor succeeded Pertinax and ruled briefly in 193 AD?
Didius Julianus
Which emperor purchased the imperial throne at an auction?
Didius Julianus
Who outbid Sulpicianus to purchase the imperial throne in 193 AD?
Didius Julianus
Who did Didius Julianus outbid for the imperial throne?
Sulpicianus
Which dynasty reigned from 193-235 AD?
Severans
What were the years of the Severan Dynasty?
193-235 AD
Which emperor reigned from 193-211 AD?
Septimius Severus
Which Severan emperor built an arch in the Roman Forum?
Septimius Severus
What structure in the Forum Romanum commemorates the military accomplishments of Septimius Severus?
Arch of Septimius Severus
Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?
Julia Domna
Who were the two sons of Septimius Severus & Julia Domna?
Caracalla & Geta
Which emperor ruled with his brother from 211-212 AD?
Geta
Which emperor ruled from 211-217 AD?
Caracalla
Which emperor killed his brother Geta as they struggled for the throne?
Caracalla
Which emperor granted citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman empire in 212 AD?
Caracalla
Who passed an edict in 212 AD which granted citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman empire?
Caracalla
What was the effect of Caracalla’s Constitutio Antoniniana edict in 212 AD?
granted citizenship to all free inhabitants of the Roman empire
Which emperor reigned from 217-218 AD?
Macrinus
Who was the first emperor of equestrian origin?
Macrinus
Which emperor reigned from 218-222 AD?
Elagabalus
What grandson of Julia Maesa from 218-222 AD?
Elagabalus
Who was the domineering grandmother of Elagabalus?
Julia Maesa
Which emperor introduced the worship of a sun god from Emesa in Syria?
Elagabalus
