Septimius Severus
Emperor of the Roman Empire
Alabaster bust of Septimius Severus
14 April 193 – 4 February 211 (17 years, 296 days)
Predecessor	Didius Julianus
Successor	Caracalla and Geta
Born	(145-04-11)April 11, 145 Leptis Magna (Libya)
Died	February 4, 211(211-02-04) (aged 65) Eboracum (York)
Wives	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. Julia Domna
Issue	Caracalla and Geta
Full name Lucius Septimius Severus (from birth to accession); Caesar Lucius Septimius Severus Pertinax Augustus (as emperor)
Dynasty	Severan
Father	Publius Septimius Geta
Mother	Fulvia Pia

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. Severus was an born an African, and some portraits show him as such. In 187 he married Julia Domna, from Syria.