Septimius Severus Timeline

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Lucius Septimius Severus was Roman emperor from April 193 to February 211 CE. He was of Libyan descent from Lepcis Magna and came from a locally prominent Punic family who had a history of rising to senatorial as well as consular status

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c. 145 CE
Birth of Lucius Septimius Severus.
170 CE
Severus enters the Roman senate.
c. 173 CE
Severus is a legatus in Africa.
c. 175 CE
Septimius Severus marries the Punic lady Paccia Marciana.
187 CE
Septimius Severus marries the Syrian lady Julia Domna.
188 CE
Birth of Septimius Severus' and Julia Domna's first son, Bassianus, known as Caracalla.
189 CE
Septimius Severus is proconsul of Sicily. Birth of Geta, his second son.
190 CE
Severus is consul for the first time.
191 CE - 193 CE
Septimius Severus is governor of Pannonia Superior.
9 Apr 193 CE - 4 Feb 211 CE
Reign of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus.
195 CE
First Parthian war.
197 CE - 198 CE
Second Parthian war.
197 CE
Septimius Severus defeats Albinus at Lugdunum.
198 CE - 209 CE
Reign of Caracalla with his father Septimius Severus.
199 CE - 200 CE
Septimius Serverus' trip in Egypt.
c. 200 CE
The four-way Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus is built at Lepcis Magna.
203 CE
The Arch of Septimius Severus is built in Rome's Forum Romanum to commemorate victories over the Parthians.
208 CE - 211 CE
Septimius Severus and Caracalla campaign in Scotland, much of the Legio II Augusta is deployed there.
209 CE - Dec 211 CE
Reign of Caracalla with his father Septimius Severus and his brother Geta (Feb - Dec 211 only with Geta).
211 CE
Death of Septimius Severus at Eboracum (York) during his Britain campaign.
216 CE
End of the architectural project of the Severan forum.
228 CE
A triumphal arch is built at Thugga and dedicated to Septimius Severus.

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