Septimius Severus : The African Emperor
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Roman Imperial Biographies
ISBN-10
0415165911
ISBN-13
9780415165914
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 11th, 1999
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
494 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 15.60 x 1.70 cms
Ksh 7,700.00
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In this well-illustrated and stimulating biography, Anthony R. Birley looks at the multi-faceted and sometimes conflicting character of this strange and enigmatic emperor.
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''?
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''?
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