Premium Only Content
Emperors of Rome | Civil War and Septimius Severus (Lecture 25)
Lecture 25: Commodus’s assassination left a vacuum, temporarily filled by the aging senator Pertinax, whose reign lasted not three months. After he was assassinated by his own bodyguard, one of the most disgraceful events in imperial history took place in the Praetorian camp, where the guard auctioned off the emperorship to the highest bidder. The winner, the wealthy Didius Julianus, was murdered after 10 weeks in power. Septimius Severus, general of the eastern legions, had been proclaimed by his troops. Severus fought off two challengers and ushered in a naked military autocracy that would set the tone for the rest of imperial history. From now on, the emperor would be a military man, occupied with keeping external enemies at bay and staving off internal threats. In this lecture, we survey the main events of Severus’s reign and examine his relationship to what came before and would come after.
Essential Reading:
Cassius Dio, Roman History, books 74–77.
Herodian, History of the Empire, books 2–3.
Augustan History (HA), Pertinax, Niger, Albinus, Severus.
Birley, Septimius Severus.
Supplementary Reading:
DIR, “Pertinax,” “Severus.”
-
28:49
The Great Courses
1 month agoThe Age of Pericles | Plato (Lecture 23)
77 -
LIVE
Drew Hernandez
6 hours agoELECTION NIGHT 2024 COVERAGE
4,042 watching -
LIVE
John Burk
3 hours agoELECTION DAY COVERAGE LIVE!
2,244 watching -
LIVE
PudgeTV
2 hours ago🟡 Practical Pudge Ep 46 | Election Night Special | The State of the Election
809 watching -
LIVE
Matt Kim
3 hours agoElection Day Hangout
2,128 watching -
LIVE
TheDailyWire
5 hours agoElection Night 2024 with The Daily Wire
8,146 watching -
2:00:59
Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec
3 hours agoHUMAN EVENTS DAILY WITH JACK POSOBIEC
67.2K6 -
1:02:22
In The Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd
23 hours agoDEFEAT THE CHEAT: VOTE! | In the Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd – Ep. 684 – 11/5/2024
73.7K12 -
1:23:48
Awaken With JP
3 hours agoElection Day Special LIVE UPDATE - LIES ep 64
157K104 -
2:04:52
The Quartering
6 hours agoElection Day Madness Already! Voting Machines Breaking, Massive Lines & Scary Numbers For Kamala
170K40