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moar sauce on 'Lucius Septimius Severus' (Severus = Barack Hussein Obama?)

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After defeating all his rivals, Severus then rooted out all the supporters within Rome of both Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger. In what became known as the Purge of 197 AD, Severus executed 29 Senators. His reputation was one of cruelty and ruthlessness. Severus was never popular with the Senate and as such relied primarily upon the army to maintain his power…..

Severus spent much of his reign campaigning in different parts of the Empire. Severus attacked Parthia, killed all the men and enslaved 100,000 women and children. He also emptied the treasury in 197 AD. This victory is commemorated by the Arch of Severus still standing in the Forum today. It was erected by the Senate in 203 AD. Later, Severus visited Egypt where he went to view the embalmed body of Alexander the Great.

In 202 AD, Severus returned to Rome. He set about planning his dynasty. Caracalla, his eldest son by Julia Domna, had been raised to the rank of Augustus in 198 AD. Severus now set about finding Caracalla a wife. Publia Fulvia Plautilla was the daughter of one of his friends — Gaius Fulvius Plautianus, commander of the Praetorian Guard.

Caracalla hated Plautilla and vowed to have her killed once he became Emperor. There are two versions to the story at this juncture. One tells us that Caracalla sought to get rid of his wife and father-in-law by claiming that Plautianus was planning to kill Severus and his family. The other version tells us that Plautianus did indeed try to have Severus and his family murdered. Whatever the case, the outcome was the same. Plautianus was executed and his daughter sent into exile. Upon Severus’s death, Caracalla’s hatred for Plautilla had not subsided. One of his first acts was to have Plautilla.

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/research/monetary-history-of-the-world/roman-empire/chronology_-by_-emperor/third-civil-war-severan-dynasty/septimius-severus-193-211ad/