He may have studied under Quintus Cervidius Scaevola alongside his lifelong friend and prominent jurist Papinian.
Herodian denounced this man's nearly doubling of a soldier's pay as pandering to the army, a view which is reinforced by the spread of the title "Mother of the Camps" for his wife and his lifting of a two-century ban on active soldiers getting married. He may have studied under Quintus Cervidius Scaevola alongside his lifelong friend and prominent jurist Papinian. He was accompanied to his place of death, York, by his wife Julia Domna, and had earlier seen military successes at Lugdunum and Issus. This man defeated his rivals Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger and Clodius Albinus, and deified his predecessor Pertinax to win public support after the chaos of the Year of the Five Emperors, as described by Cassius Dio. For 10 points, name this Roman Emperor who was succeeded by his sons Geta and Caracalla and founded a namesake dynasty.
Herodian denounced this man's nearly doubling of a soldier's pay as pandering to the army, a view which is reinforced by the spread of the title "Mother of the Camps" for his wife and his lifting of a two-century ban on active soldiers getting married.
{Septimius Severus}