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Severus arrived in February 196, and the ensuing battle was decisive.
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When Severus arrived in Britain he charged his youngest son, Publius Septimius Geta with the task of administering some aspects of Roman Britain although as viceroy rather than as a formal governor.
Severus and February
Septimius Severus (; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211 ), also known as Severus, was Roman Emperor from 193 to 211.
On 19 February 197, in the Battle of Lugdunum, with an army of about 75, 000 men, mostly composed of Illyrian, Moesian and Dacian legions, Severus defeated and killed Clodius Albinus, securing his full control over the Empire.
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By February 13, 194, Egypt had declared for Severus, as had the imperial legate of Arabia, further diminishing Niger ’ s chances.
On February 19, 197, Albinus met Severus ' army at the Battle of Lugdunum.
On the 19th of February, 197, Severus again attacked Clodius Albinus to the northwest of the city.
The Battle of Lugdunum, also called the Battle of Lyon, was fought on 19 February 197 at Lugdunum ( modern Lyon, France ), between the armies of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and of the Roman usurper Clodius Albinus.
Albinus ' army fell back to Lugdunum, Severus followed, and on February 19, 197 the massive and ultimately decisive battle finally commenced.
It was while quelling one of these uprisings, Severus himself would die near present day York on February 4, 211, only weeks short of the 14th anniversary of his victory at Lugdunum.
Severus and 196
After siding with Pescennius Niger against the victorious Septimius Severus, the city was besieged by Roman forces and suffered extensive damage in 196 AD.
After the defeat and death of Niger in 194, and the complete discomfiture of his adherents, especially after the fall of Byzantium in 196, Severus resolved to make himself the absolute master of the Roman Empire.
In 196, II Augusta supported the claim for the purple of the governor of Britannia, Clodius Albinus, who was defeated by Septimius Severus.
Severus brought his army from Italy and Germany toward the end of 196.
In the winter of 196 – 197, Severus gathered his forces along the Danube and marched into Gaul, where, much to his surprise, he found Albinus ' forces were about the same strength as his own.
Severus and battle
* 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies.
Severus travels to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians.
It was at this time that Valentinian fell ill and a battle for succession broke out between Severus, a representative of the army, and Rusticus Julianus, magister memoriae and a representative of the Gallic nobility.
After Severus had replaced Candidus with another general, Cornelius Anullinus, Niger met Anullinus in battle at Issus in May 194, where after a long and hard fought struggle, Niger was decisively defeated.
After a hard-fought battle, with 150, 000 troops on either side recorded by Dio Cassius, Albinus was defeated and killed himself, or was captured and executed on the orders of Severus.
In the days before the final battle, the legion changed sides and vowed fidelity to Severus.
* 197 – Septimius Severus secures the empire after the battle of Lugdunum
In this description, he battled the Roman Severus and defeated his army at York, but was himself killed in battle.
* 465, Death of Western Emperor Libius Severus, Ostrogothic King Valamir dies in battle.
It seems Severus had the edge in cavalry which swung the battle in his favor for the final time.
Severus and was
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Byzantium was rebuilt by Septimius Severus, now emperor, and quickly regained its previous prosperity.
It was bound to Perinthos during the period of Septimius Severus.
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It was not to be: Severus and Maximin were declared Caesars.
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Once Niger was neutralised however, Severus turned on his ally in Britannia — though it is likely that Albinus saw he would be the next target and was already preparing for war.
Harried by punishing guerrilla raids by the northern tribes and slowed by an unforgiving terrain, Severus was unable to meet the Caledonians on a battlefield.
Amidst growing opposition, Elagabalus, just 18 years old, was assassinated and replaced by his cousin Alexander Severus on 11 March 222, in a plot formulated by his grandmother, Julia Maesa, and carried out by disaffected members of the Praetorian Guard.
His grandmother Julia Maesa was the widow of the Consul Julius Avitus, the sister of Julia Domna, and the sister-in-law of emperor Septimius Severus.
The earliest written records of Christian images treated like icons in a pagan or Gnostic context are offered by the 4th-century Christian Aelius Lampridius in the Life of Alexander Severus ( xxix ) that was part of the Augustan History.
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Constantius accepted Julian's report of events and Marcellus was replaced as magister equitum by Severus.
It was the birthplace of Emperor Septimius Severus, who lavished an extensive public works programme on the city, including diverting the course of a nearby river.
Marcus was taught at home, in line with contemporary aristocratic trends ; Marcus thanks Catilius Severus for encouraging him to avoid public schools.
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