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Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (11 Apr 145 - 4 Feb 211)

Roman Emperor from 193-211 who claimed power after Pertinax's death. He was a successful general and expanded the borders of the empire. Full name: Lucius Septimius Severus(from birth to accession); Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Eusebes Pertinax Augustus (as emperor). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-5836?rskey=2lwRR8&result=8 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus Relationships: Septimius Severus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Clodius Albinus (150-197)
Septimius Severus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Commodus (Aug 161-31 Dec 192)
Septimius Severus was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Publius Helvius Pertinax (126-28 Mar 193)

Claudius Aelianus (c. 165/170-c. 230/235) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Septimius Severus
Caracalla (04 Apr 188-08 Apr 217) was a son of Septimius Severus
Julia Domna (170-217) was a wife of Septimius Severus
Gaius Hosidius Geta (c. 20-after 95) was a relative of Septimius Severus
Publius Septimius Geta (07 Mar 189-26 Dec 211) was a son of Septimius Severus
Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180-Mar 235) was a relative of Septimius Severus
Publia Fulvia Plautilla (c. 185-212) was a relative of Septimius Severus
Alexander Severus (c. 209-235) was a relative of Septimius Severus
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 342 Julia Augusta – Septim. Severi. Pudicitia. Pudicitiæ sedentis typus. Ar deaurat. Julia Domna, wife of Septimus Severus. Chastity, represented by a figure. Silver gilt.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 483 Severus Aug. Part. Max. Restitutori Urbis. Severus dextra pateram in tripodem effundens, sinistra hastam tenens. Ar. Severus. Severus pouring with his right hand into a dish on a tripod, with a spear in his left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Severus. Severus pouring with his right hand into a dish on a tripod, with a spear in his left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Severus. Victory holding a laurel in the right hand and a palm leaf in the left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Severus. Walking Victory, with a laurel in her right hand.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 487 Julia Augusta – Severi Uxor. Pietas Aug. sacrificans ad aram. Ar. Julia Augusta, wife of Severus. A figure sacri ficing at an altar.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) 156 Divus Antoninus. Consecratio; Rogus, qualis Herod. describit in Severo. Ar. The deified Antoninus. A funeral pyre such as Herodian describes in Severus.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Septimus Severus. Hercules with a club in his right hand and a bow in his left.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Septimus Severus. Seated figure with a dish in the right hand.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Septimus Severus. Robed figure holding a dish in her right hand, before a tripod.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Septimus Severus. Seated figure with a serpent in the right hand and a cornucopia in the left.
Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) ii "A peece of the ruines of Septimius / Severus his Arch Triumphall / at Rome J Bargrave / 1647"
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
Septimius Severus"> Coins of Septimius Severus.
164 Head of Iulia Wife of Severus. IVLIA AVGVSTA Reverse a Female Figure standing in its Right Hand a Palm Brach on its Left Arm a Cornucopia S.C. HILARITAS. Bargrave
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) The said Sepulchral Monument was happily rescued by Dr. Bryan Fairfax, from the brutish Workmen who had broke it in the Middle, and were going to make use of it for two Throughs, as they call them, to bind the Wall; but by that worthy Gentleman's Direction it was walled upright, with the Inscription and Effigies to the Front, and is since removed to the Gardens of Sir Hen. Goodrick at Ribston. This Brick had been several Times made use of, with broken Stones and Brick-bats, by Mr. Smith in making Moulds for casting Bells. Upon my Enquiry after Inscriptions in that ancient City, he recollected himself that he had seen some old Letters, but thought the Brick was lost, though upon Search we found the Piece which is inscribed, LEG. I X. VIC. This is also an Argument of the Peace these Parts enjoyed at that Time, which I take to be the later End of Severus's Reign, making Bricks, casting up High-ways, &c. being the usual Employment of Soldiers at such Vacancies. Sir Hen. Savile was of Opinion, that this Nona Hispaniensis in Britannia, was one of those established by Tiberius, Caius, or Claudius, or peradventure in the later End of Augustus; but however, that it was certainly here in Nero's Reign, and that Pet. Cerealis was then Lieutenant thereof, is indisputably evident from Tacitus, (Lib. 14. cap. 10.) where he gives a lamentable Account of the Slaughter of Seventy thousand Citizens, and Confederates, by the enraged Boadicea, in which Number was the Foot of this 9th Legion, Cerealis with the Horse hardly escaping.
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 15 Coins of Did., Julianus 1, Pesc. Niger 1, Sept. Severus 3, Caracalla 1, Jul. Mammea 1, Alex. Severus 3, Gordianus 3, vide N° 459., 460., 465., 468., 495., 530., 549., 558., 570, 571., 578, 579, and 581 13
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 44 Commodus 4, Crispina 1, Pertinax 1, Albinus 2, Sept. Severus 21, vide N° 448., 452, 453., 455, 456., 458., 461 to 464., 467., 469, 470 to 486 29
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 45 Sept. Severus 8, Julia Domna 5, Caracalla 13, vide N° 487 to 494, 496 to 513 25
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 106 Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Faustina, Aurelius, Verus, Caracalla, Geta, S. Severus, and Julia Domna 26
Musaeum Tradescantianum (1656) L. Sept: Severus. 1.