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1. Decius, before killing Philip the Arab, was appointed by the latter to defeat a certain usurper on the Danube before he was proclaimed emperor by his own legions. What was the name of that infamous claimant and usurper?
2. Decius' political program was focused on the restoration of the strength of the State, both military and religiously. What particular senate office did he try to restore?
3. Decius was the first emperor who is definitely known to have died in battle while confronting barbarians.
4. Decius saw that the Christians were becoming a big problem winning over more and more people to their cause. That way visits and ceremonies to the pagan temples were declining, thus reducing the amount of money people paid to take part in ceremonies in honor of the gods. But instead of persecuting them, he offered them shelter and let them practice their confession publicly thus gaining even more income through their ceremonies.
5. In 251, Decius was succeeded by his trusted right-hand man, Trebonianus Gallus. However, Decius' surviving son Hostilian was proclaimed emperor in Rome. They made a pact about co-ruling. But luck smiled upon Gallus, and Hostilian died the same year. What happened to him?
6. Which pope did Gallus imprison?
7. Gallus was unpopular with the army having lost Syria to the Persians and signing a shameful treaty with the Goths. General Aemilianus marched against him. Gallus and his son were killed and Aemilianus got the title of Augustus. However, Valerian, Gallus' friend, marched against Aemilianus. Which provinces did Valerian govern before marching on Rome?
8. Valerian's first move was nominating his son __________ co-emperor.
9. Valerian and Gallienus split the problems of the empire between each other, with the son taking the East to face the Persian threat and the father heading West to restore order.
10. Valerian's end is still debated. Lactantius, an early Christian historian, informs us that the emperor, after being captured by Persians, was exposed to public humiliation such as being spat at and being used as a human footstool for Shapur while the king was mounting his horse. By Lactantius' account, how did Valerian die?
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