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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 .
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.
Septimius Severus, Roman general and emperor from AD 193 to 211; L. Septimius Bassianus, better known as Caracalla, the elder son of Septimius Severus, emperor from 198 to 217; P. Septimius Geta, the younger son of Septimius Severus, emperor from 209 to 211; Septimius (usurper), a usurper proclaimed emperor in 271 during the reign of Aurelian
Publius Septimius Geta (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t ə / GHET-ə; 7 March 189 – 26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209 to 211. . Severus died in February 211 and intended for his sons to rule together, but they proved incapable of sharing power, culminating with the murder of Geta in December of that ye
Lucius Septimius was a Roman soldier and mercenary who is principally remembered as one of the assassins of the triumvir Pompey the Great. At the time of the assassination in 48 BC, Septimius was serving the Ptolemies of Egypt as a mercenary.
Detail of Septimius. The work is a tempera, or egg-based painting, on a circular wooden panel, or tondo, with a diameter of 30.5 centimetres (12.0 in). It depicts the Imperial family wearing sumptuous ceremonial garments. Septimius Severus and his sons are also holding sceptres and wearing gold wreaths decorated with precious stones. [3]
The Arch of Septimius Severus (Italian: Arco di Settimio Severo) at the northwestern end of the Roman Forum is a white marble triumphal arch dedicated in 203 AD to commemorate the Parthian victories of Emperor Septimius Severus and his two sons, Caracalla and Geta, in the two campaigns against the Parthians of 194-195 and 197–199.
Publius Septimius, gave evidence against Lucius Valerius Flaccus in 59 BC. [16] Gaius Septimius, as praetor in 57 BC, supported recalling Cicero from exile. He was an augur in 45 BC. [17] Publius Septimius, had served as quaestor under Marcus Terentius Varro, who sent him three volumes of his treatise De Lingua Latina.