Septimius Severus : the African emperor /

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Author / Creator:	Birley, Anthony, 1937-2020.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 292 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Severus, Lucius Septimius, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 146-211. Severus, Lucius Septimius, -- Emperor of Rome, -- 146-211. Emperors -- Rome -- Biography. Emperors. Rome -- History -- Lucius Septimius Severus, 193-211. Rome (Empire) Electronic books. History. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11115874

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ISBN:	0203171454 9780203171455 0203028597 9780203028599 9780415165914 0415165911 9786610332489 6610332487 9781134707461 1134707460 9781134707416 113470741X 9781134707454 1134707452 9781138134164 1138134163
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-274) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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'?
Other form:	Print version: Birley, Anthony Richard. Septimius Severus. London ; New York : Routledge, 1999 0415165911

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