Septimius Severus. Africanus on the Palatine
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Septimius Severus. Africanus on the Palatine
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This monograph by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor I. O. Knyazky, is dedicated to the figure of Lucius Septimius Severus, one of the most brilliant emperors in Roman history. He was a man of outstanding ability, a brilliantly educated statesman, a patron of culture and science, and also a renowned military leader. It was Severus who inflicted a crushing defeat on Rome's eternal enemy, Parthia, from which the empire never recovered. Under him, Northern Mesopotamia was established as a Roman province; in Caledonia, he restored the rampart erected under Emperor Antoninus Pius, once again pushing the Roman border in Britain north by a hundred miles.
During Severus' reign, Roman jurisprudence reached its peak, to which he himself made a significant contribution. At the same time, Lucius was prone to considerable cruelty, and his rule cannot be called merciful. Severus' biographer, Aelius Spartianus, wrote of him: "...he should either never have been born, for he was very cruel, or, if he had been born, he should never have died, for he was very useful to the state."
Septimius Severus was the first Roman emperor who was not Roman, not descended from Roman colonists, and not even Italian. He was an African on the Palatine, a descendant of the Carthaginians, once Rome's fiercest enemies. Severus' second wife, Julia Domna, was a native of Syria and a worshiper of Eastern deities. Such an imperial couple, one might say, symbolized the dawn of a new era in the history of the Roman Empire...
During Severus' reign, Roman jurisprudence reached its peak, to which he himself made a significant contribution. At the same time, Lucius was prone to considerable cruelty, and his rule cannot be called merciful. Severus' biographer, Aelius Spartianus, wrote of him: "...he should either never have been born, for he was very cruel, or, if he had been born, he should never have died, for he was very useful to the state."
Septimius Severus was the first Roman emperor who was not Roman, not descended from Roman colonists, and not even Italian. He was an African on the Palatine, a descendant of the Carthaginians, once Rome's fiercest enemies. Severus' second wife, Julia Domna, was a native of Syria and a worshiper of Eastern deities. Such an imperial couple, one might say, symbolized the dawn of a new era in the history of the Roman Empire...
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