Episode B30 Mater Castrorum

Published: April 15, 2016, 11:55 p.m.

Synopsis:\xa0 Severus defeats Niger and wages a limited Eastern campaign.\xa0 While Julia Domna is hailed as Mother of the Camps, Caracalla\u2019s elevation to Caesar prompts a second civil war.\n\u201cThere used to be an oracle about Hannibal\u2019s death.\n\u2018The soil of Libyssa would cover Hannibal\u2019s body.\u2019\nThe later emperor of the Romans, Severus,\nWho was a descendant of the Libyans, he put upon this man\u2019s\nTomb a white piece of marble to honor the commander Hannibal.\u201d\xa0\xa0\n \u2013 John Tzetzes, Chiliades (or Book of Histories), Book 1, 801 \u2013 805\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices