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	The Severan Dynasty (193–235) \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Severan dynasty comprised the relatively short reigns of Septimius Severus (r.
		It was Septimius Severus who erected the famous triumphal arch in the Roman Forum, an important vehicle of political propaganda that proclaimed the legitimacy of the Severan dynasty and celebrated the emperor's victories against
		At Leptis Magna, he renovated and embellished a number of monuments and built a grandiose new temple-forum-basilica complex on an unparalleled scale that befitted the birthplace of the new emperor.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/seve/hd_seve.htm (581 words)

	Encyclopedia article: Severan dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Severan dynasty is a lineage of Roman Emperor (Sovereign of the Roman Empire) s, reigning several decades from the late 2nd century to the early 3rd century.
		Although coming from a humble background (not dynastically related to the Severan dynasty), he rose through the imperial household until, under the emperor Caracalla (additional info and facts about Caracalla), he was made prefect of the praetorian guard (The elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor).
		The women of the Severan dynasty, beginning with Septimius Severus's wife Julia Domna (additional info and facts about Julia Domna), were notably active in advancing the careers of their male relatives.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/S/Se/Severan_dynasty.htm (970 words)

	Severan dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Severan dynasty is a lineage of Roman Emperors, reigning several decades from the late 2nd century to the early 3rd century.
		M.M. Opelius Macrinus was born in 164 at Caesarea.
		Although coming from a humble background (not dynastically related to the Severan dynasty), he rose through the imperial household until, under the emperor Caracalla, he was made prefect of the praetorian guard.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Severan_dynasty (796 words)

	Encyclopedia: Severan dynasty
		The Severan dynasty is a lineage of Roman_Emperors, reigning several decades from the late 2nd century to the early 3rd century.
		This Julio-Claudian dynasty came to an end when the emperor NeroÃ¢ÂÂ”a great-great-grandson of Augustus through his daughter and of Livia through her sonÃ¢ÂÂ”was deposed in AD The office of Roman Emperor went through a complex evolution over the 1500 years of its existence.
		The Constantine Dynasty is an informal name for the loosely related ruling families of the Roman Empire from the rise of Diocletian in 284 to the death of Julian the Apostate in 363.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Severan-dynasty (355 words)

	Julio-Claudian dynasty - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the series of the first five Roman Emperors.
		The dynasty is so named because its members were drawn from two of the patrician gentes of Ancient Rome, the Julii and the Claudii.
		The dynasty of the five emperors included in the Julio-Claudian dynasty are all linked to Julius Caesar either by marriage or adoption, and their "right to rule" by their relationship to the first emperor, Caesar Augustus.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Julio-Claudian (468 words)

	Encyclopedia: Roman Emperor
		An Imperial cult is a cult were an Emperor, or a dynasty of emperors, are worshipped as (semi-)gods or deities Ancient Rome In the Roman Empire the Imperial cult was the worship of the Roman emperor as a god.
		He was the last Emperor to rule over a united empire; the distribution of the East to his son Arcadius and the West to his son Honorius after his death in 395 represented a permanent division.
		Maximilian was born in Vienna as the son of the Emperor Frederick III and Eleanore of Portugal.
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	Late Antique Legislation on Infanticide and Exposure
		The coins from the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire (193-235 A.D.) are especially important for they uncharacteristically depict the empresses as maintaining important roles in the empire along side their imperial husbands and sons.
		I propose to research the depiction of the Severan empresses and their ill documented successors of the later third century A.D. in provincial portraiture of Asia Minor while in Turkey from May 22 to August 1, 2000.
		Severan empresses were often compared to or depicted in the guises of Greek goddesses on provincial and civic coins.
	www.tulane.edu /~august/theseag.htm (1267 words)

	The Severan Dynasty 193 - 235 AD
		The Severan Dynasty marked the end of Pax Romana and the practice of choosing heirs based on ability rather than lineage or civil war.
		Their administrative skill was good for the empire, but the soldiers would not be led by women, and eventually rebellion ended the reign of Alexander and ushered in the era of the soldier emperors.
		The Severan Julias (* Favonius Cornelius, Aug 23, 2004 - 23:11)
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Board/378234 (536 words)

	The Soldier-Emperors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Severan Dynasty was at it's peak under its founder.
		However, a characteristic of the Severan Dynasty was its matriarchism.
		In control of the Severan Emperors after the death of Septimius, to a degree, was the matriarch of the family, such as Julia Domna (Severus's wife and Caracalla's mother), Julia Maesa (Julia Domna's sister and grandmother of both Elagabalus and Alexander) and Julia Mamaea (Alexander's mother).
	www.princeton.edu /~msamberg/emperors/soldier.html (988 words)

	Severan dynasty family tree - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Severan dynasty family tree - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a family tree of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire.
		Severan dynasty family tree, Families of Rome, Severan Dynasty, Family trees and Royal families.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Severan_dynasty_family_tree (85 words)

	Severan AD 193 - 235, Ancient Roman coins - Calgary Coin Gallery
		He gave the rank of Caesar to his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, thus starting the Severan Dynasty which would last until the murder of Severus Alexander in AD 235.
		We list Clodius Albinus under the Severan Dynasty, right after Septimius Severus, because his first issues of coins were struck for him as Caesar under Septimius Severus in AD 193-195, which made him temporarily part of the Severan dynasty.
		She is thought to be largely responsible for the revolt against Macrinus that restored the power of the Severan Dynasty and brought Elagabalus to the throne.
	www.calgarycoin.com /roman5.htm (1281 words)

	The Severan Dynasty
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		The Severan Dynasty - [ 193 AD to 222 AD ]
		The diadem then went to his grand-nephew, Elagabalus (murdered 222).
	www.ancientworlds.net /27403 (84 words)

	TIMELINE 3rd CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		The Severan Dynasty ruled Rome from 193 to 235 A.D. (except for the interruption of Macrinus and Diadumenian, 217-218).
		The Wu Dynasty [222-258], in the southern and southwestern third of the empire, had its capital at Nanking.
		Chronology of Roman History: 201-225 AD 217 Macrinus becomes emperor, but Elagabalus is declared emperor by his soldiers (N.B: Macrinus is not part of the Severan Dynasty) Chronology of Roman History: 201-225 AD 218 Elagabalus (Heliogabalus) defeats and kills Macrinus on the borders of Syria and Phoenicia to become emperor.
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	Steve Hong > Papers > Romans and Christians
		Chief among these were the emperors of the Afro-Syrian Severan dynasty and also Philip the Arab.
		The reign of the Severan dynasty during the first third of the third century was marked by a remarkable amount of toleration towards the Christians.
		The Severan emperor most noted for his favor towards Christianity was Severus Alexander.
	www.duke.edu /~sch9/papers/romans.html (2743 words)

	Flavian dynasty - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Flavian dynasty was a series of three Roman Emperors who ruled from 69, the "Year of the Four Emperors", to 96, when the last member was assassinated, starting the Nervan-Antonian dynasty.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Flavian dynasty contains research on
		Flavian dynasty, See also, Roman emperors, Families of Rome, Flavian Dynasty and Royal families.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Flavian_Dynasty (139 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Alexander Severus
		The significance of the latter invites brief discourse about the four women known as the "Severan Julias," whose origin was Syria.
		The first great external challenge appeared in the east, where the Parthian dynasty, which had ruled the Iranian plateau and other large areas for centuries, and who for long had been one of Rome's great rivals, was overthrown by the Persian family of the Sassanids by 227.
		A child when chance brought him to the principate, with only two recommendations, that he was different from Elagabalus and that he was part of the Severan family, he proved to be inadequate for the challenges of the time.
	www.roman-emperors.org /alexsev.htm (2083 words)

	Commodus
		The Severan Dynasty marked the end of Pax Romana and the practice of choosing heirs based on ability rather than lineage or civil war.
		This was the interlude to the period of civil war that marred the third century.
		Not actually part of the Severan Dynasty but his corruption paved the way to its foundation.
	www.ancientsites.com /aw/Thread/378235 (202 words)

	Encyclopedia: Severan dynasty family tree
		See also: List of family trees Severan dynasty
		Severan dynasty family tree This is a family tree of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire.
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	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Severan-dynasty-family-tree (213 words)

	leptis
		Originally a Phoenician settlement probably founded in the 6th century BC under the aegis of Carthage, Leptis Magna became a great metropolis under the Romans, particularly during the reign of Septimus Severus (193-211 AD), who was born in the city.
		Following the end of the Severan dynasty, with the assassination of Alexander Severus in the year 235 AD, the city fell into decline although a period of rejuvenation occurred under Diocletian (284-305 AD) and Constantine (306-337 AD).
		When the Vandals conquered Tripolitania in the mid-5th century AD, it fell upon the Emperor Justinian to reclaim the land for Byzantium, which he achieved.
	www.caravanserai-tours.com /leptis.htm (135 words)

	LookSmart - Directory - Severi or Severan Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Severi or Severan Dynasty - Contains guides that chronicle the history of the Severan dynasty of Roman emperors.
		Sanderson Beck outlines the imperial reigns of the Severan emperors as part of a larger work chronicling the Roman empire in turmoil, 180-285 AD.
		Guide provides a concise commentary on the various Severan emperors through the ages.
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	Ch 4: Harianic to Severan A.D. 120-220 - The Pottery of Roman Kent, page 093
		An exception that is unique, to the present author's knowledge, is a lid-seated jar of Urmitzer ware type (cf.
		At Canterbury itself this trade appears to have remained at a low level until the latter half of the second century; the incidence of characteristic Canterbury jar and bowl forms falls off in contexts of this period, suggesting that the industry found itself in difficulties in the final quarter of the century, if not before.
		The early years of the Severan dynasty witnessed the re-emergence of grog-tempered wares, mostly thick-everted rim jars, as a commonplace fabric throughout east Kent.
	www.kentarchaeology.org.uk /Research/Pub/RPofK/Ch4/093.htm (652 words)

	Severan Dynasty Coins for sale [Part 2] :EROL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A sick and ageing Severus took his wife and two sons to Britain in 208 on a major campaign to punish the northern tribes who had invaded the province.
		The body of the emperor was duly cremated and returned to Rome, being laid to rest in the Mausoleum of Hadrian.Caracalla was an enigma as emperor; cruel and insecure he may have been but he showed a real ability as an administrator and leader.
		Plautianus plotted the overthrow of the Severans, but was discovered and executed in 205, and Plautilla was banished to Lipara.
	www.time-line.co.uk /x6855.html (1465 words)

	Book Publication: Roman Coins And Their Values By David R Sear
		This expansion has necessitated a new multiple-volume format, like the companion work on Greek coins, and will provide collectors and dealers with a far more comprehensive work of reference.
		The first volume covers a period of approximately 375 years, from the origins of the Roman coinage in the Republican period down to the violent end of the second Imperial dynasty, the Flavian, in AD 96.
		The second will cover the next 139 years, from the first of the Adoptive Emperors (Nerva) to the end of the Severan dynasty (AD 235).
	davidrsear.com /roman_coins.html (225 words)

	Roman / Coin Showing Emperor Caracalla / Imperial Period, Severan Dynasty, 204 A.D.
		Imperial Period, Severan Dynasty, 204 A.D. View Full Catalog Record Below
		This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
		Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amico for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amico@luna-img.com.
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico1292796-4794.html (300 words)

	Stoa Image Gallery :: The Severan Dynasty, 193 - 235 A.D. - Prelude to chaos
		The Severan Dynasty, 193 - 235 A.D. - Prelude to chaos
		Album: The Early Severans - Nuclear Family Reaches Critical Mass - Septimius, Domna, Caracalla, Plautilla, and Geta - 193-217 A.D. Changed: 08/26/2005
		Album: The Later Severans - Elagabalus and Alexander - and Their Many Female Relatives, 216-235 A.D. Changed: 03/08/2005
	www.stoa.org /gallery/Chaos-andthe-Severan-Dynasty (196 words)

	Severan Dynasty Coins for sale [Part 1] :EROL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The new era began with the brief reigns of Pertinax and Didius Julianus.
		The new name linked the Severans to the distinguished Antonine dynasty and the promotion was a major snub to Albinus.
		Severus was now the undisputed emperor; it was February A.D. 197 and he returned to Rome to stamp his authority on the Empire.
	www.time-line.co.uk /x6693.html (1716 words)

	Encyclopedia article on Severan dynasty [EncycloZine] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Elagablaus and his mother were taken from the palace, dragged through the streets,murdered and thrown in the river Tiber by the praetorian guard, who then proclaimed Alexander Severus as Augustus.
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