Empire: Severan Emperors

Question 1

Name the Severan emperors in order.

Answer 1

Septimius Severus, Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus, Severus Alexander

Question 2

Give the years of the Severan Dynasty.

Answer 2

193-235 AD

Question 3

Give the years of Septimius Severus’s reign.

Answer 3

193-211 AD

Question 4

Give the years of Caracalla’s reign.

Answer 4

211-217 AD

Question 5

Give the years of Macrinus’s reign.

Answer 5

217-218 AD

Question 6

Give the years of Elagabalus’s reign.

Answer 6

218-222 AD

Question 7

Give the years of Severus Alexander’s reign.

Answer 7

222-235 AD

Question 8

The Severan Dynasty was dominated by women who all share what name?

Answer 8

Julia

Question 9

Which Severan emperor was the son of Julia Soaemias, the niece of Julia Domna?

Answer 9

Elagabalus

Question 10

Where in 197 AD did Septimius Severus defeat Clodius Albinus?

Answer 10

Lugdunum

Question 11

Which emperor was the first not to be of senatorial rank?

Answer 11

Macrinus

Question 12

Who was the wife of Septimius Severus?

Answer 12

Julia Domna

Question 13

By what other name is Elagabalus known?

Answer 13

Bassianus

Question 14

What Severan emperor forced people to worship the lapis niger (black stone) from Syria?

Answer 14

Elagabalus

Question 15

Maximinus Thrax ushered in the Barracks emperors after killing what Severan emperor in 235 AD?

Answer 15

Severus Alexander

Question 16

Who was the son of Julia Mamaea?

Answer 16

Severus Alexander

Question 17

Who are the parents of Caracalla & Geta?

Answer 17

Septimius Severus & Julia Domna

Question 18

Which of the Severan emperors married Julia Domna?

Answer 18

Septimius Severus

Question 19

What effect did the Caracalla’s Constitutio Antoniniana have?

Answer 19

Gave citizenship to all freedmen throughout the empire

Question 20

Who is the grandmother of both Elagabalus and Severus Alexander?

Answer 20

Julia Maesa

Question 21

Who is the aunt of Julia Soaemias?

Answer 21

Julia Domna

Question 22

Where is Caracalla assassinated in 217 AD by Macrinus?

Answer 22

Carrhae

Question 23

What rival did Septimius Severus defeat at Lugdunum in 197 AD?

Answer 23

Clodius Albinus

Question 24

What brother did Caracalla have killed so he could have sole rule of the Empire in 211 AD?

Answer 24

Geta

Question 25

What did Septimius Severus build in the Forum to commemorate his victory over the Parthians?

Answer 25

Arch of Septimius Severus

Question 26

What praetorian prefect instigates the assassination of Caracalla near Carrhae?

Answer 26

Macrinus

Question 27

Who killed his brother Geta in 211 AD so that he could have sole control of the Empire?

Answer 27

Caracalla

Question 28

What "condemnation of memory" did Geta suffer in his death so that there would be no mention of him throughout the empire?

Answer 28

**damnatio memoriae**

Question 29

What niece of Julia Domna was the mother of Elagabalus?

Answer 29

Julia Soaemias

Question 30

Severus Alexander was killed by the soldiers of what future Barracks emperor?

Answer 30

Maximinus Thrax

Question 31

What Severan emperor worshipped **Sol Invictus**?

Answer 31

Elagabalus

Question 32

What city in Africa was the birthplace of Septimius Severus?

Answer 32

Leptis Magna

Question 33

What rival did Septimius Severus defeat at Issus in 194 AD?

Answer 33

Pescennius Niger

Question 34

At what British city did Septimius Severus die in 211 AD?

Answer 34

Eboracum (York)

Question 35

Where in 194 AD did Septimius Severus defeat Pescennius Niger?

Answer 35

Issus

Question 36

Who are the children of Septimius Severus and Julia Domna?

Answer 36

Caracalla & Geta

Question 37

Which of the Severan emperors was the only one not part of the Severan family?

Answer 37

Macrinus

Question 38

Who was the first Roman emperor born in Africa?

Answer 38

Septimius Severus

Question 39

What emperor died in Eboracum (York) in 211 AD?

Answer 39

Septimius Severus

Question 40

What Severan emperor builds extensive and magnificent baths?

Answer 40

Caracalla

Question 41

What act of Caracalla granted citizenship to all freedmen throughout the empire?

Answer 41

**Constitutio Antoniniana**

Question 42

Which emperor was of Moorish descent?

Answer 42

Macrinus

Question 43

Which two of the Severan emperors were cousins?

Answer 43

Elagabalus & Severus Alexander

Question 44

Who was the mother of Severus Alexander?

Answer 44

Julia Mamaea

Question 45

What Severan emperor established the **Constitutio Antoniniana**, granting citizenship to all freedmen?

Answer 45

Caracalla