CLAS202 Lecture 12: CLAS 202 (Events, People, Important Things)
15 Dec 2016
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He then has the council of nicaea where bishops assemble and christians start to be. Murdered the emperor alexander severus and his mother to become the emperor. An ignorant peasant of tremendous size and strength no brains just massive. The first barbarian (goth) emperor and first emperor to never set foot in rome. Eventually murdered by his own troops when he was unable to pay them. In hoc signo vincas (message in the sky) Not wanting a civil war, the army takes elderly senators and a 13 year old boy and let them co-rule. 13 year old co-emperor with pupienus and balbinus. Philip the arab was his praetorian prefect who acts as his advisor. Murdered when he gave troops choice of either philip or me. Arab chief/sheik from jordan shows multicultural nature of roman empire. Celebrate the 1000th year since the founding of rome (248) Ironically has his picture on the coin of good fortune.
