The African emperor : the life of Septimius Severus
Elliott, Simon2025
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Total copies: 2
Septimius Severus was Rome's Black emperor. Born in the blistering heat of a North African spring in Leptis Magna, AD 145, he died in the freezing cold of a northern British winter in York in AD 211. A giant of an emperor, whose career can be counted in superlatives, Severus was in power at the height of Rome's might. He led the largest army to ever campaign in Britain, comprising 50,000 men, part of a Roman military establishment which peaked at 33 legions under his rule. This book details his remarkable life.
Main title:
The African emperor : the life of Septimius Severus / Simon Elliott.
Author:
Elliott, Simon, author
Imprint:
London : Icon Books, 2025.
Collation:
320 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781837731725 (hbk)
Dewey class:
937.07092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
4190600