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Encyclopedia > Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus as caesar.
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Flavius Valerius Severus (d. 16 September 307) was a Western Roman Emperor. Image File history File links Follis-Flavius_Valerius_Severus-trier_RIC_650a. ... Image File history File links Follis-Flavius_Valerius_Severus-trier_RIC_650a. ... Caesar (p. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Events March 31 - After divorcing his wife Minerva, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian. ... The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian. ...


He was a soldier from the Illyrian provinces before his associate Galerius requested that Maximian appoint him Caesar (vice emperor) of the Western Roman Empire in 305. He thus served as a junior partner to Constantius Chlorus Augustus of the Western Roman Empire. Illyria (Anc. ... Galerius on a coin Galerius Maximianus (c. ... Maximian Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c. ... Caesar (p. ... The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western half of the Roman Empire after its division by Diocletian in 286 AD. It would exist intermittently in several periods between the 3rd Century and the 5th Century, after Diocletians Tetrarchy and the reunifications associated with Constantine the... Events May 1 - Diocletian and Maximian, emperors of Rome, retire from office. ... On the reverse of this argenteus struck in Antioch under Constantius Chlorus, the tetrarcs are sacrificing to celebrate a victory against the Sarmatians. ... The famous statue of Octavian at the Prima Porta (Vatican Museums) Caesar Augustus (Latin:Imperator Caesari Divi Filius Augustus) ¹ (23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), known to modern historians as Octavian for the period of his life prior to 27 BC, is considered the first and one of...


On the death of Constantius Chlorus in 306, Severus was promoted to Augustus by Galerius himself. When Maxentius, the son of the retired emperor Maximian, revolted at Rome, Galerius sent him to suppress the rebellion, but the walls of Rome and the desertion of his own men forced him to retreat to Ravenna, where Maximian convinced Severus to abdicate and surrender himself to the rebels. Events July 25 - Constantine I proclaimed Roman Emperor by his troops. ... Galerius on a coin Galerius Maximianus (c. ... Maxentius as Augustus on a coin. ... Maximian Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus – SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area  - City Proper  1285 km² Population  - City (2004)  - Metropolitan  - Density (city proper) 2,553,873 almost 4,300,000 1. ... Ravenna is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...


When Galerius himself invaded Italy in 307 to suppress both Maxentius and his father, Maxentius treacherously had Severus killed at Tres Tabernae (near Rome). Events March 31 - After divorcing his wife Minerva, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian. ...


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Flavius Valerius Severus
Preceded by:
Constantius Chlorus
Roman Emperor
306-307
with Galerius
Succeeded by:
Licinius

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Flavius Valerius Severus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (184 words)
He thus served as a junior partner to Constantius Chlorus Augustus of the Western Roman Empire.
On the death of Constantius Chlorus in 306, Severus was promoted to Augustus by Galerius himself.
When Maxentius, the son of the retired emperor Maximian, revolted at Rome, Galerius sent him to suppress the rebellion, but the walls of Rome and the desertion of his own men forced him to retreat to Ravenna, where Maximian convinced Severus to abdicate and surrender himself to the rebels.
Roman Emperors DIR Severus II (374 words)
Flavius Valerius Severus was of humble origin and from Illyricum.
Under house arrest Severus was brought to Rome and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae.
Severus was put to death in 307 under clouded circumstances, when Galerius invaded Italy.
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