03194oam 2200673I 450 991077994130332120230422042429.01-900988-19-41-134-70745-21-134-70746-01-280-33248-40-203-02859-70-203-17145-410.4324/9780203028599 (CKB)111056485532550(EBL)165389(OCoLC)560060452(SSID)ssj0000244289(PQKBManifestationID)11191230(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000244289(PQKBWorkID)10185242(PQKB)11205505(MiAaPQ)EBC165389(Au-PeEL)EBL165389(CaPaEBR)ebr10054956(CaONFJC)MIL33248(OCoLC)50482171(EXLCZ)9911105648553255020180706d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSeptimius Severus the African emperor /Anthony R. Birley2nd ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (321 p.)Roman Imperial BiographiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-13416-3 0-415-16591-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-274) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface; Note to the paperback edition; The Emporia; Lepcis Magna: From Free State to Colonia; Life in Roman Tripolitania; The Broad Stripe; Into the Emperor's Service; A Caesar Born to the Purple; The Great Marshal; Julia Domna; The Conspirators; The Year 193; The War against Niger; The War against Albinus; Parthia and Egypt; Return to Africa; The Years in Italy; Expeditio Felicissima Brittannica; Aftermath and Assessment; Abbreviations used in Appendices and Notes; Ancient Sources and Modern ScholarshipThe Septimii and Fulvii of Lepcis Magna, the Julii of Emesa, and their connectionsReferences and Notes; Bibliographies; Addenda (1999); IndexIn this, the only biography of Septimius Severus in English, Anthony R. Birley explors how 'Roman' or otherwise this man was and examines his remarkable background and career.Severus was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania, and his reign, AD 193-211, represents a key point in Roman history. Birley explores what was African and what was Roman in Septimius' background, given that he came from an African city. He asks whether Septimius was a 'typical cosmopolitan bureaucrat', a 'new Hannibal on the throne of Caesar' or 'principle author of the decline of the Roman Empire'?Roman Imperial BiographiesEmperorsRomeBiographyRomeHistoryLucius Septimius Severus, 193-211Emperors937/.07/092BBirley Anthony Richard.267280FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910779941303321Septimius Severus535659UNINA