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Geta was officially erased from memory when he was condemned to suffer damnatio memoriae by his brother, Caracalla, in 211 CE. Jealous and paranoid, Caracalla has his brother murdered and "erased from memory" shortly after their father, Septimius…

Most of Gordian’s reign was spent in the East campaigning against the Persians. He married the daughter of his Praetorian Praefect, Furia Sabina Tranquillina, which by this time was a prudent political move. The Praefect, Timestheus, though very…

Greece and Asia Minor, Lydia emphasized as place where coins were first created.

Hadrian was known as a level headed and successful emperor, if not a bit reserved. He was very interested in Greek culture to the point that, when he was a young boy, he was called “Graeculus,” or Greekling, by his teachers. This interest in Greek…

Henrid VI was the king of the Holy Roman Empire from 1191-1197 CE. He helped suppress rebellion while his father was crusading. He was a successful ruler, marrying the daughter of the king of Sicily, but eventually died in 1197 from malaria.