Septimius Severus: The African Emperor

A. R. BIRLEY Aemilianus Africa Albinus ALFÖLDY Antoninus Anullinus Apuleius army Augustan History Augustus Avitus Barbieri Britain brother Caesar campaign Caracalla career Carpow Carthage Cassius Dio CASSOLA Claudius Cleander command Commodus Commodus's consul consulship Dacia Danube death Didius Didius Julianus Dio's doubt Egypt Elagabalus Emperor Empire equestrian evidence Fabius Cilo father favour frontier Fronto Geta governor GROSSO GUEY Hadrian Herodian honour imperial inscription Italian Italy Julia Julia Domna Julianus Julius kinsman L'Albo Laetus legate legion legionary Lepcis Magna Lugdunum Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Marius Maximus military MILLAR Moesia murder Niger Numidia Origin not attested Pannonia Parthian perhaps Pert Pertinax PFLAUM PIR² Pius Plautianus Pompeianus Pontianus Praetorian Prefect probably proconsul procurator province Pudens Punic quaestor recorded Reichsbeamte reign Roman Rome Senate Septimius Severus Septimius's Severan SYME Syria T. D. BARNES took tribune troops Verus victory vita