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![Faces of Roman Emperors: Imperial Crisis & the Barracks Emperors](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/13027.jpeg?v=1632054603)
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Faces of Roman Emperors: Imperial Crisis & the Barracks Emperors
A series of facial reconstructions of Roman emperors during the Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 CE), including the Gordian Emperors. These so-called "Barracks emperors" seized power during a time of turmoil, and their reigns...
![The Barracks Emperors](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7614.png?v=1694969048)
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The Barracks Emperors
The “Barracks Emperors” is a term coined by later historians referring to the Roman emperors who were chosen and supported by the army during the period known as the Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the Imperial Crisis, 235-284...
![Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/16011.jpg?v=1654596667)
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Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle
Jeanne de Jussie's Short Chronicle (1535) is an eyewitness account by the nun Jeanne de Jussie (l. 1503-1561) relating how the Protestant Reformation in Geneva, Switzerland, impacted the lives of the sisters of her convent of Poor Clares...
![Gordian Emperors](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/1448.jpg?v=1643162402)
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Gordian Emperors
When Maximinus Thrax was named Roman emperor upon the death of Alexander Severus, the news was not well-received by many in Rome and the Roman Senate considered him an illiterate barbarian. His financial excesses, principally used to fund...
![Visual Chronology of Roman Emperors: Augustus to Constantine](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/486.jpg?v=1709747103)
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Visual Chronology of Roman Emperors: Augustus to Constantine
The Julio-Claudian Dynasty Augustus 16 Jan 27 BCE - 19 Aug 14 CE Tiberius 18 Sep 14 CE - 16 Mar 37 CE Caligula 18 Mar 37 CE - 24 Jan 41 CE Claudius 25 Jan 41 CE - 13 Oct 54 CE Nero 13 Oct 54 CE - 11 Jun 68 CE Galba 8 Jun...
![The Year of the Four Emperors & the Demise of Four Roman Legions](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/17527.png?v=1704552007)
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The Year of the Four Emperors & the Demise of Four Roman Legions
During the Year of the Four Emperors (69 CE), the fight between Vitellius and Vespasian would ultimately bring about the demise of four legions, the XV Primigenia, I Germanica, IIII Macedonica, and XVI Gallia. All four of these legions had...
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Reign of Terror
The Reign of Terror, or simply the Terror (la Terreur), was a climactic period of state-sanctioned violence during the French Revolution (1789-99), which saw the public executions and mass killings of thousands of counter-revolutionary 'suspects'...
![Faces of Roman Emperors: Nerva to the Severan Dynasty](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/12991.jpeg?v=1606959003)
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Faces of Roman Emperors: Nerva to the Severan Dynasty
A series of facial reconstructions of Roman emperors from the Nerva-Antonine Dynasty (96 CE-192 CE), the Year of the Five Emperors (193 CE) and the Severan Dynasty (193-235 CE). These photorealistic reconstructions are only best guesses at...
![Nuremberg Chronicle (Theodoric and Odoacer)](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3112.jpg?v=1708367589)
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Nuremberg Chronicle (Theodoric and Odoacer)
Woodcut depiction of Theodoric and Odoacer from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, translation into German by Georg Alt, now in the Bavarian State Library.
![Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/3327.jpg?v=1605228304)
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Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle
Alboin from the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493 CE, Bavarian State Library