Septimius Severus
c. 145 CE–c. 211 CE · Leptis Magna
Lucius Septimius Severus, founder of the Severan dynasty, was born at Leptis Magna in Roman Africa, won the civil war of 193–197, and died at Eboracum (York) in 211 while campaigning in Britain. The Historia Augusta reports that around 202 CE he issued a rescript forbidding conversion to Judaism or to Christianity, though the existence and scope of such an edict are debated by modern scholars, since Tertullian portrayed Severus as well-disposed toward Christians. Christian tradition associates his reign with martyrdoms at Carthage (Perpetua and Felicitas, c. 203) and at Alexandria (Leonides, the father of Origen, c. 202).
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