Ancient History Competition 16
As you probably know, these days I am organising the Mediterranean Identities: Formation and Transformation conference in the University of Leicester, which you can also follow in my twitter account. Yesterday, one of our delegates, Norberto, asked me to set a question to the followers of this blog. I think you will find it most interesting!
Who was the first Roman Imperator to die in a war against Parthia?
Julian? In Greece he is considered a Byzantine emperor, though.
No, it is not Julian
Was it Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, who died outside the walls of Edessa?
No. it was not Caracalla.
I’d say Marcus Licinius Crassus…
And you would be absolutely right! As I said we were looking for an imperator, not an emperor!