After defeating the usurpers Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger, Septimius Severus came to power and ended, for 10 points, what tumultuous succession crisis that plagued the Roman Empire, and took place near the close of the second century?
This series of events is chronicled in the second book of the only surviving work of the historian Herodian. In one episode from this series of events, a ruler replaced his general Candidus with Publius Cornelius Anullinus, who then decisively defeated an insurrection at Issus. The consul Sosius Falco led a conspiracy during a grain inspection at Ostia as part of this series of events, which began after Marcia and the prefect Quintus Laetus conspired with the wrestler (*) Narcissus to have Marcia's lover strangled. During this period, Didius Julianus won a massive auction put on by the Praetorian Guard after Pertinax was murdered. After defeating the usurpers Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger, Septimius Severus came to power and ended, for 10 points, what tumultuous succession crisis that plagued the Roman Empire, and took place near the close of the second century?
This series of events is chronicled in the second book of the only surviving work of the historian Herodian.
Year of the Five Emperors 