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. 204 205 208 209 210 211 211-217 212 213 214 215 216-217 217 217-218 217 218 218-222 219 221 222 Secular games. Plautianus dies, J anuary 22. Severus departs for war in Britain. Invasion of Caledonia. Restoration of the Wall of An- toninus Pius. Lowering of the currency under Severus; silver alloyed 50 to 60 per cent. Severus dies February 4, at York. Marcus Aurelius Severus An- toninus (Caracalla) born 188. Geta and Papinian die. The Roman suffrage granted to all peregrin! by the Constitutio Antoniniana. Caracalla in Gaul. Caracalla on the Main defeats the Alemanni and winters in Nicomedia. Caracalla in Antioch and Alex- andria (massacre). Parthian War. Caracalla in Edessa. Dedication of Thermae of Cara- Caracalla dies (April 8) near Edessa. Opellius Macrinus. J ulia Domna dies. Romans de- feated at Nisibis. Macrinus dies about June ii. Peace with the Parthians at a ransom of 50,000,000 denarii. Foundation of Catacombs of Callistus, bishop of Rome, 217-222. Vlarcus Aurelius Antoninus Ela- gabalus (born 201). ilagabalus comes to Rome. \lexander Severus Caesar. Elagabalus dies in March. Ammonius Saccas, founder of the Neo-Platonic School, teaching at Alexandria. Papinian, the jurist, as Praefect of Praetorians after Plautianus ; dies 212. Origen (born 185) teaches at Alexandria (203). Oppian’s Cynegetica* Philostratus publishes Life of Apollonius of Tyana (after 217)- Domitius Ulpian, Praefect of the Praetorians, dies 228. Paulus, Praefect of the Praetorians, 229. Cassius Dio Consul still engaged on his Histoty, 230-234- Claudius Aelianus (writer of De Natura Anima- Imm, etc.), flourishes under Elagabalus.
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