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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.
Julia Domna (Latin: [ˈjuːli.a ˈdomna]; c. 160 – 217 AD) was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. She was the first empress of the Severan dynasty . Domna was born in Emesa (present-day Homs ) in Roman Syria to an Arab family [ 2 ] of priests of the deity Elagabalus .
Julia Maesa was born on 7 May [7] before 160 AD, the elder daughter of the priest Julius Bassianus in Emesa, Syria, modern day Homs, [8] as part of the Emesan dynasty. [9] She had a younger sister, Julia Domna, who would later become Roman empress after her marriage to Septimius Severus, who was, by the time of their marriage, a senator.
The Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus (195-198) involved the Roman armies' success over the Parthians for supremacy over the nearby Kingdom of Armenia.After this defeat the Parthians were first defeated by the Roman armies of Severus's son, Caracalla (215–217), and then replaced in 224 by the Sassanid dynasty.
The Libyan emperor Septimius Severus, the founder of the Severan dynasty. In April 9 145, Lucius Septimius Severus was born in Leptis Magna [3]: 1 , then in the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis and now in Libya, into a Libyan-punic family of equestrian rank [4]: 2-3 [5].
Bureaucratic affairs were completed during Diocletian's stay: [144] a census took place, and Alexandria, in punishment for its rebellion, lost the ability to mint independently. [145] Diocletian's reforms in the region, combined with those of Septimius Severus, brought Egyptian administrative practices much closer to Roman standards. [146]
Septimius Severus at Glyptothek, Munich. Severus was, practically speaking, the emperor after Pertinax was assassinated. Some sources tie Severus and Pertinax together as allies, which would explain how Severus became so powerful during this chaotic year.
The auction was unpopular, and Septimius Severus, commander of the Pannonian legions, and Pescennius Niger, the governor of Syria (as well as Clodius Albinus, the governor of Britain) all claimed the Roman imperial throne after the auction. [citation needed] Severus marched to Rome and had Didius decapitated, then marched to meet Pescennius in ...