Question

Exaggerated accounts about this ruler state that he wore his wife’s bracelet as a thumb ring and that his daily meal consisted of an amphora of wine and forty-sixty pounds of meat. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this emperor, a former herdsman, whose large size is potentially attributed to hereditary acromegaly. Usurpers like Pupienus and Balbinus challenged this ruler who reigned at the start of the Year of the Six Emperors.
ANSWER: Maximinus Thrax [or Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus]
[10m] The Senate perception of Maximinus’ barbarism was inspired, in part, by his Carpi ancestry from this region. Aurelian abandoned this region whose past leaders, like Decebalus, fought wars against Trajan and Domitian.
ANSWER: Dacia
[10e] Maximinus is the first of many 3rd century rulers known by this term, referencing their seizure of power via army command despite their common ancestry. This word also refers to buildings meant for army accommodations.
ANSWER: barracks [accept barrack emperors]

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