Septimius Severus (193-211 AD)
CHILDHOOD:
parents were P. Septimius Geta and Fulvia Pia
born in Leptis Magna, Africa on April 11, 145 AD
left for Rome at age of eighteen
POLITICAL CONNECTIONS:
uncle C. Septimius Severus was concul in 160 and governor of Numidia in 173-174 and
again in 177
from his mother's side Fulvius Plautianus later became his own praetorian prefect
ARRIVAL IN ROME:
given job of a senator by Maecus Aurelius, the present emperor , shortly after his arrival in
Rome
in 169 and 170 he became quaestor
a few years later he became legate for his undle in Numidia
in 175 became tribune or the plebes
177-178 he was preator
after that he moved to Syria as legate for the future emperor, Pertinax
in 185 he went to Gaul as governor of Gallia Domna
a little while later he married Julia Domna based on her horoscope
Caracalla, their first son, was born a little later
189 he was governer of Sicily
later that same year Geta, their second son was born
SEPTIMIUS' REIGN
while governing Upper Pannonia, in 193, Pertinax was killed by his own soldiers
Didius Julianus became emperor
sixty-six days later the Senate agrees to put Septimius Severus emperor
he turned parade into killing ground for those who took part in the death of Pertinax
less than a month into his reign he start the 'wars of sucession'
194 he defeated Niger and combined his own army with his own
the land won was the only addition to the Roman Empire since the time of the Trajan
197 he won a war against Albinus
returned to Rome and killed all supporters of Niger and Albinus
later on he won against the Parthians
in honor of that win the Arch of Severus was placed in the Forum in Rome
Lucius Septimus Severus was killed in 211 by the barbarians in North
Britian