FINAL- Friends, Romans, Countrymen

Antinoos

• Beloved companion of Hadrian; deified after drowning; major cult figure.

Galen

• Leading physician; author of huge medical corpus; influential for centuries.

Julia Domna

• Wife of Septimius Severus; powerful political figure; mother of Caracalla and Geta.

Julia Maesa

Grandmother of Elagabalus and Severus Alexander; orchestrated Severan restorations.

Helena

•  Mother of Constantine; Christian saint; credited with finding the True Cross; influential at Constantine’s court.

Clodius Albinus

 Rival claimant during 193; defeated by Septimius Severus.

Pescennius Niger

•  Another rival in 193; backed by Eastern provinces; defeated by Severus.

Maxentius

•  Rival defeated by Constantine at Milvian Bridge (312).

Odoacer

•  Germanic leader who deposes Romulus Augustulus in 476; rules Italy as “king.”