What is Septimius Severus?
{{Infobox royalty | title = [[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire]] |name=Septimius Severus | full name =Lucius Septimius Severus <br />(from birth to accession); <br /> Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus <br />(as emperor) | image =Septimius Severus busto-Musei Capitolini.jpg | caption =Alabaster bust of Septimius Severus | reign =14 April 193 – 4 February 211<br>({{age in years and days|193|4|14|211|2|4}}) | predecessor =[[Didius Julianus]] | successor =[[Caracalla]] and [[Geta]] | spouse 1 =Paccia Marciana, a Libyan-Punic woman of Roman origin. Severus and Marciana married around 175 and she died before Severus married Domna. They had no children. | spouse 2 =Julia Domna | issue =[[Caracalla]] and [[Geta]] | dynasty =[[Severan dynasty|Severan]] | father =Publius Septimius Geta | mother =Fulvia Pia | birth_date ={{birth date|145|4|11|mf=y}} | birth_place =[[Leptis Magna]] ([[Libya]]) | death_date ={{death date and age|211|2|4|145|4|11|mf=y}} | death_place =[[Eboracum]] ([[York]]) | burial_place = |}} '''Septimius Severus''' (Lucius Septimius Severus, 11 April 145 [[AD]] – 4 February 211) was [[Roman Emperor]] from 193 AD to 211. Severus was born in [[Leptis Magna]] in the province of [[Africa Province|Africa]]. Severus was born an African, and some portraits show him as such. In 187 he married Julia Domna, from Syria. As a young man, Severus advanced under the reigns of [[Marcus Aurelius]] and [[Commodus]]. Severus seized power after the death of Emperor [[Pertinax]] in 193 during the so-called [[Year of the Five Emperors]]. After deposing the incumbent emperor [[Didius Julianus]] in a bloodless coup, Severus fought his rival claimants, the generals [[Pescennius Niger]] and [[Clodius Albinus]]. Niger was defeated in 194 at the [[Battle of Issus (194)|Battle of Issus]], and Albinus three years later at the [[Battle of Lugdunum]]. After solidifying his rule, Severus waged a brief war aga