Septimius Severus (Facial Reconstruction) (Illustration)

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by Daniel Voshart
published on 23 October 2020

Septimius Severus (Facial Reconstruction) — A photorealistic reconstruction of what the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (r. 193-211 CE) may have looked like. Based on contemporary and near contemporary descriptions, as well as archaeological evidence.

Pictured alongside the reconstruction are the busts and statuary used as references. These include the Glyptotek bust (top left); the Severan Tondo (top right ); Capitoline bust (bottom left); and a coin portrait (bottom right).

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Original image by Daniel Voshart. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 23 October 2020. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Voshart, D. (2020, October 23). Septimius Severus (Facial Reconstruction). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13002/septimius-severus-facial-reconstruction/

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Voshart, Daniel. "Septimius Severus (Facial Reconstruction)." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified October 23, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13002/septimius-severus-facial-reconstruction/.

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Voshart, Daniel. "Septimius Severus (Facial Reconstruction)." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 23 Oct 2020. Web. 07 Oct 2022.

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