{"id":1713,"date":"2018-12-09T20:59:46","date_gmt":"2018-12-09T20:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1713"},"modified":"2018-12-20T19:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T19:48:21","slug":"the-reign-of-commodus-and-the-year-of-the-five-emperors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=1713","title":{"rendered":"The reign of Commodus and the Year of the Five (!) Emperors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:left\">This term we will be studying the end of the Adoptive Emperors and the Civil War that followed<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24 January&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Peace at the frontier: Commodus and his father\u2019s wars<br><strong>31 January <\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perennis and Cleander: the <g class=\"gr_ gr_46 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"46\" data-gr-id=\"46\">regency<\/g>?<br><strong>7 February&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The Lucy effect: when you really hate your big sisters.<br><strong>14 February&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Domus Divina: When the emperor becomes a god<br><strong>21 February (half-term)&nbsp; <\/strong>The amphitheatre in the late second century<br><strong>28 February&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The end of the dynasty: when the god becomes a monster<br><strong>7 March&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Didius Julianus and the power of the Praetorian guard<br><strong>14 March&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/strong>Helvius Pertinax: the first of the soldier emperors<br><strong>21 March&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <\/strong>Clodius Albinus and Britain at the end of the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> century AD<br><strong>28 March&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The final battle at Lyon: Septimius Severus against Clodius Albinus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The lectures can be attended individually or as a complete course.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Day<\/strong>: Thursdays&nbsp;<strong>Time<\/strong>:\n2pm\u2013 4pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10 weeks, starting<strong>&nbsp;24 January- 28 March 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mancent.org.uk\/venues.html\">Cross Street Chapel<\/a><br>Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a3110<\/td><td><\/td><td>16<\/td><td>30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>*if booked before 15 December,2018<br><br><strong>Price for individual lectures&nbsp;<\/strong>(please indicate which lectures when booking):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a312<\/td><td>\u00a311*<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>30<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>*if booked before 15 <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">December,<\/g>2018<br><br>To book, complete the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>&nbsp;and send it with payment to Birgitta Hoffmann,&nbsp;55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br><strong>email<\/strong>: latinteacher@btinternet.com&nbsp;<strong>phone<\/strong>: 07747 533 070<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann This term we will be studying the end of the Adoptive Emperors and the Civil War that followed 24 January&nbsp; 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