Chapter 10 True or False Self-Quiz

. The emperor Claudius II, shortly after earning the title Gothicus ("Slayer of the Goths"), died in battle against the Goths.

. It was common to settle defeated individual barbarians on abandoned Roman land.

. Between 235 and 284 there were around fifty emperors of Rome.

. Septimius Severus had been a quiet career politician before he became emperor, and his support came almost entirely from his fellow senators.

. Trajan Decius' imperial requirement that all citizens offer proof of their loyalty to the state gods posed a major dilemma for Christians.

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