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- English
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About this book
One ancient source called Severus the most warlike of all men who had lived up to that moment in time. The rise of Septimius Severus to power started the dominance of the military in Roman affairs and it was because of this that Septimius's advice for his sons was nothing less than: 'Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, and scorn all other men!' Ilkka Syvanne explains in detail how the African Septimius Severus achieved his position, how he won his wars and battles and how he used his newly gained power to secure his family's position. He reveals how he reformed the state and its military, and how he used these remodeled forces in wars of conquest to prove his worth as emperor to both the soldiers and the populace. This biography offers the first complete overview of the policies, events and military campaigns of Severus' reign in the fullest detail allowed by the sources. It also explains how and why these contributed to the military crisis of the third century and discusses the legacy he left for his son, Caracalla, who followed him in both his good and bad traits.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Plates
- List of Maps and Diagrams
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Chapter 1 The Background
- Chapter 2 Severus’s Career Before 193
- Chapter 3 Pertinax, 1 January–28 March 193
- Chapter 4 The Year 193: The Power Struggle between Didius Julianus, Niger, Septimius Severus and Albinus
- Chapter 5 The Civil War Between Septimius Severus and Niger in 193–194
- Chapter 6 The Wars in the East 194–195 (or 194–199?)
- Chapter 7 The War between Septimius Severus and Albinus in 195/196–197
- Chapter 8 The Armenian, Parthian and Hatran Campaigns in 197–199
- Chapter 9 Egypt and the Red Sea in 199–200
- Chapter 10 Return to Rome in 200–202
- Chapter 11 The Return Home: Campaign in Africa in 202–203
- Chapter 12 Conspiracy
- Chapter 13 The Years of Relative Peace in 205–207
- Chapter 14 The Military Education for the sons: the Campaigns of 207–211
- Chapter 15 Septimius Severus, ‘The Most Glorious of the Emperors’
- Appendix 1: Arrian and Roman Battle Tactics
- Appendix 2: Frontinus and Combat Tactics on Land
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Plates Section