Celebrating our African historical
personalities, discoveries, achievements and eras as proud people with rich
culture, traditions and enlightenment spanning many years.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
EMPEROR
LUCIUS SEPTIMUS SEVERUS: FOUNDER OF THE AFRICAN DYNASTY OF ROMAN EMPERORS AND
YORK BASED 3RD CENTURY BLACK ROMAN EMPEROR
Septimius Severus (b. at Leptis Magna inAfrica, 11 April, 146; d. at York, England, 4 February, 211.)
Severus came from a family that had become Roman citizens. In his career as
an official at Rome and in the provinces he had been favored by the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. In the reign of Commodus he was appointed legate of the fourth legion on the Euphrates; this gave
him the opportunity to become acquainted with affairs in the East. He married
Julia Domna, a member of a priestly family of Emesa, who was the mother of Caracalla and Geta.
Julia Domna, wife of African roman emperor Lucius Severus
