This man's first wife Paccia Marciana quickly died and he bestowed the rather unique title of mater castrorum on his second wife.
This man's first wife Paccia Marciana quickly died and he bestowed the rather unique title of mater castrorum on his second wife. He was victorious at Tournus and proceeded to sack Lyon in thwarting the challenge of Clodius Albinus, the governor of Britain. His close advisor and praetorian prefect was Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, who was later executed, and his court included the great lawyers Papinian and Ulpian. His reign was soon threatened by the Syrian, Pescennius Niger, after he married Julia Domna and became emperor by overthrowing Didius Julianus. Famous for his unique birthplace of Lepcis Magna in Libya, for ten points, name this Roman emperor from 193-211 A.D., the father of Geta and Caracalla.
This man's first wife Paccia Marciana quickly died and he bestowed the rather unique title of mater castrorum on his second wife.
Lucius {Septimius Severus}