Year of the Five Emperors
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The Year of the Five Emperors refers to AD 193, in which five men claimed the title of Roman emperor: Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus, and Septimius Severus. This year sta
Bust in the National Museum of the Union in Romania, possibly of Pertinax
Coin of Clodius Albinus. This coin celebrates Saeculum Frugiferum, the embodiment of a "fruitful era", probably Ba'al Hammon, a Phoenician divinity worshipped in North Africa, whence Clodius came.
Septimius Severus at Glyptothek, Munich
Severan dynasty
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The Severan dynasty, sometimes called the Septimian dynasty, ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235. It was founded by the emperor Septimius Severus and Julia Domna, his wife, when Septimius emerg
Year of the Five Emperors
…successful civil war against him. After defeating both enemies, Severus purged their followers to consolidate his position as sole Caesar, founding the Severan dynasty. Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69…
The Libyan emperor Septimius Severus, the founder of the Severan dynasty
Caracalla and Geta, Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1907)
A dynastic aureus of Septimius Severus, minted in 202. The reverse feature the portraits of Geta (right), Julia Domna (centre), and Caracalla (left).
The Severan dynasty family tree