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  2. Septimius Severus - Wikipedia

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    Lucius Septimius Severus (Latin: [ˈɫuːkiʊs sɛpˈtɪmiʊs sɛˈweːrʊs]; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa.

  3. Plutarch and companions - Wikipedia

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    Plutarchus, Serenus, Heraclides, Heron, Serenus, Rhais, Potamiœna and Marcella (SS.) MM. (June 28) (3rd cent.) Martyrs of Alexandria in Egypt In the persecution under Septimius Severus (A.D. 202). Eusebius describes them as being disciples of Origen, then at the beginning of his career. They were variously tortured before execution, and most ...

  4. Severan dynasty - Wikipedia

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    The Libyan emperor Septimius Severus, the founder of the Severan dynasty. Lucius Septimius Severus was born in Leptis Magna, then in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis and now in Libya, into a Libyan-punic family of equestrian rank. [4] He rose through military service to consular rank under the later emperors of the Antonine dynasty.

  5. Pope Zephyrinus - Wikipedia

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    During the 18-year pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured persecution under the Emperor Septimius Severus until his death in the year 211. To quote Alban Butler, "this holy pastor was the support and comfort of the distressed flock". [2]

  6. Crisis of the Third Century - Wikipedia

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    The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as the Military Anarchy [1] or the Imperial Crisis (235–284), was a period in Roman history during which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressure of repeated foreign invasions, civil wars and economic disintegration. At the height of the crisis, the Roman state split into three ...

  7. Roman invasion of Caledonia (208–211) - Wikipedia

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    The cause of Severus' invasion of Caledonia (modern day Scotland) was a massive increase in raids and attacks on Roman Britain.This was possible because in 195 Clodius Albinus, the Roman Governor of Britain, had led most of the British legions into Gaul during his revolt against Severus.

  8. Year of the Five Emperors - Wikipedia

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    Some sources say that this agreement was fully under the control of Severus, who retained ultimate imperial power. [4] Albinus continued as Caesar for three years before a civil war broke out between the two, resulting in Severus becoming sole emperor after the battle of Lugdunum in 197 in which Albinus was killed.

  9. Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity - Wikipedia

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    The traditional view has been that Perpetua, Felicity and the others were martyred owing to a decree of Roman emperor Septimius Severus (193–211). This is based on a reference to a decree Severus is said to have issued forbidding conversions to Judaism and Christianity, but this decree is known only from one source, the Augustan History, an unreliable mix of fact and fiction.