Septimius

Aureus with Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla and Geta Septimius Severus was already in his early thirties at the time of his first marriage.

Early life Family and education Born on 11 April 145 at Leptis Magna (in present-day Libya ) as the son of Publius Septimius Geta and Fulvia Pia, Septimius Severus came from a wealthy and distinguished family of equestrian rank.

Together, they had two sons, Lucius Septimius Bassianus (later nicknamed Caracalla, b. 4 April 188) and Publius Septimius Geta (b. 7 March 189).

Septimius Severus may have tried to make Caracalla and Geta get along, but, as soon as he died, the two brothers never shared a room without the presence of their mother, Julia Domna, or their own guards.

Before he became emperor, Septimius Severus may have attended the Antiochene Olympic Games, which had been revived by the emperor Commodus and included traditional Greek female athletics.

Constantius's campaign, like that of Septimius Severus before it, probably advanced far into the north without achieving great success.

From AD 208 to 211, there was a major rebellion against Rome in Britain, and the Emperor Septimius Severus led an army to Britain to cope with it personally.

Galen became physician to Septimius Severus during his reign in Rome.

Grainger (2003), p. 49 Domitian and, over a century later, Publius Septimius Geta were the only emperors known to have officially received a damnatio memoriae, though others may have received de facto ones.

He was a senator under Commodus and governor of Smyrna after the death of Septimius Severus ; and afterwards suffect consul around 205, and also proconsul in Africa and Pannonia.

It was bound to Perinthos during the period of Septimius Severus.

Septimius Severus does not mention her in his autobiography, though he later commemorated her with statues when he became Emperor.

The ban was in place from the time of Augustus until it was rescinded by Septimius Severus in 197 AD.

When he returned from his victory over the Parthians, he erected the Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome.