(Feature Photo: Arch of Septimius Severus, photo taken in 2015; Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
The Maya in Mesoamerica have developed cities containing temples, pyramids, palaces, courts for playing ball, and plazas
The second letter of Peter (2 Peter) is copied onto Papyrus
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
The Arch of Septimius Severus is built in Rome’s Form Romanum to commemorate victories over the Parthians (ancient.eu) (see feature photo up top)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases V, king of the Parthian Empire, dies, and is succeeded by Vologases VI
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Septimius Severus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Caracalla – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
February 4, Roman Emperor, Septimius Severus, dies, and is succeeded by his son Caracalla
Ardashir, the king of Persis, revolts against the Parthians and founds the Sassanian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla is Roman Emperor – Zephyrinus is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
Galen, a Greek physician, dies, during his life he “tried to understand the function of animal organs. Although he knew that the heart pumped blood, he could not tell just from looking that the blood circulated and returned to the heart. Galen mistakenly thought that blood was pumped out to “irrigate” the tissues, and that new blood was made continuously to resupply the heart. His idea was taught for nearly fifteen hundred years. It was not until the seventeenth century that an Englishman, William Harvey introduced the theory that blood flows continuously in one direction, making a complete circuit and returning to the heart.” (Darwin’s Black Box, by Michael J. Behe)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Caracalla, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Macrinus – Pope Zephyrinus dies, and is succeeded next year by Callixtus I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
April 8, Caracalla, the Roman Emperor, dies, aged 29, and is succeeded by Macrinus
December 20, Pope Zephyrinus dies, he is succeeded next year by Callixtus I
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Macrinus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by 14 year-old Elagabalus – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
June, Macrinus, the Roman Emperor, dies and is succeeded by the 14 year-old Elagabalus
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus is the Roman Emperor – Callixtus I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Elagabalus, the Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Severus Alexander – Pope Callixtus dies and is succeeded by Urban I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
March 11/12, Elagabalus, the Roman Emperor, dies, aged 18, and is succeeded by Severus Alexander
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Callixtus dies and is succeeded by Urban I – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)
The Sassanian Empire (founded in 211) overthrows the Parthian Empire (in modern-day Iran) from within; It will be the last pre-Islamic Persian empire and last until 651; Ardashir I (r. 224-240), a descendent of Sasan, is its founder and first king, (World History Encyclopedia website)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Vologases VI is king of the Parthian Empire (last year of rule, as the Parthian empire gives way to the Sassanian Empire – Ardashir I is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)
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RULERS & ROYALTY: Severus Alexander is Roman Emperor – Pope Urban I is pope/bishop of Rome – Ardashir is ruler of the Sassanian Empire (modern-day Iran)