Volume 1

Roman life and manners under the early empire / Authorized translation of the 7th enl. and revised ed. of the Sittengeschichte Roms.

  • Ludwig Friedländer
Date:
[1908]-1913
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Credit: Roman life and manners under the early empire / Authorized translation of the 7th enl. and revised ed. of the Sittengeschichte Roms. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A .D. 176 Marcus Aurelius in the East. Return and triumph on De- cember 23. 177/8 Persecution of the Christians in Gaul. 178 Marcus Aurelius and Commodus go to the war in Germany. Earthquake at Smyrna. 178 /9 Invasion of the Costoboci in Greece. 179 Victory over the Marcomanni. 180 Marcus Aurelius dies at Sirmium March 17. 180-192 Commodus (born 161). 185 Perennis dies. 189 Fall of Cleander. 191 Fire at Rome. 192 Commodus dies December 31. 193 Pertinax (dies March 28, 67 years old). Didius lulianus (dies June I, at the age of 61). 193-2II Septimius Severus (born 146). Caracalla co-Emperor after 198 193 Severus in Rome. Dissolution and re-organization of the Guards. 194-6 Siege of Byzantium. 194 Pescennius Niger dies. 195 Campaign in Mesopotamia, Ara- bia, Adiabene. 196 Caracalla Caesar. 197 Clodius Albinus dies at Lyons. Severus departs for Parthian campaign. 198 Caracalla Augustus, Geta Caesar. 199 Massacre at Ctesiphon. Severus Parthicus Maximus. 202 Severus returns by Syria and Egypt to Rome. Abgar IX (179-214/16) of Osroene, pos- sibly at Rome, later converted to Christianity. Severus’ Arch and the Septi- zonium. 203 Artemidorus’ Book of Dreams. Pausanias’ fifth book the tenth, 179/80. Marcus Aure- lius’ Meditations, lyz- 174- Aristides (129- 189 circa), Sacred Speeches. Gellius, Attic Nights. Celsus ä\r}dT]s \6yos, 177-180. Oldest Latin Bible (Itala) perhaps in Africa in second half of second century. Tertullian (145-220). Titus Flavius Clemens of Alexandria’s Stromata under Severus. Galen dies 201. Cassius Dio, 201-222, en- gaged on his History of Rome
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