Septimius Severus

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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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