Septimius Severus: The African Emperor (Routledge Key Guides) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Septimius Severus This biography looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor.
Full description- Publisher: ROUTLEDGE
- Published: 01 December 1999
- Format: Paperback 320 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | European History | African History | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Early Modern History: C 1450/1500 To C 1700
- ISBN 13: 9780415165914 ISBN 10: 0415165911
- Sales rank: 358,827
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Full description for Septimius Severus
In 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'?
