Emperors

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Elagabalus was born as Varius Avitus Bassianus but called himself Elagablus after an eastern Sun God which he thought himself to be. Elagabalus immersed himself in self-worship, leaving the affairs ...

Macrinius

People; Emperors

Macrinius was born in North Africa and had a reputation for being a sensible and experienced administrator. However, he made the fatal mistake of embarrassing the eastern legions by purchasing a ...

Caracalla

People; Emperors

Caracalla's reign was marked by two notable incidents. The so-called "Antoninian Constitution" gave Roman citizenship to all free people of the provinces. This was a trend that had been leading up to ...

Severus

People; Emperors

Severus's first course of action was to disband the Praetorian Guard and replace it with 15,000 Danubian legionnaires loyal to him. Then he set out to deal with Gaius Pescennius Niger, who was still ...

Julianus

People; Emperors

After hearing news that of Julianus had purchased the principate, two legates Severus and Niger immediately revolted. Plubius Septimius Severus being the closest to Rome, marched to the capital with ...

Pertinax

People; Emperors

After Commodus was strangled to death by his personal wrestler, the power of the principate was shifted to an elderly senator named Publius Helvius Pertinax. Although the Praetorian Guard secured him ...

Commodus

People; Emperors

The future Roman emperor Commodus was born 161 AD to the emperor Marcus Aurelius and Faustina. As a boy, Commodus went with his father on his military expeditions to the Rhine and Danube frontiers ...