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Septimius Severus : the African emperor

Anthony Birley (Author)
Severus, the African Emperor, was descended from Phoenician settlers in Tripolitania. This book explores what was African and what was Roman in Severus' background, and discusses the career of a man who reigned during a key time in Roman history

Print Book, English, 2015
Second edition
Routledge, London, 2015