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Served as the 20th Emperor from 193 C.E. to 211 C.E.

Septimus Severus-
"Be good to one another, enrich the soldiers, and damn the rest."

Neil Faulkner-
"Severus has been acclaimed as 'the black emperor'. The fact that Severus was African has been cited as evidence that Rome was colorblind, free of racism a genuinely multicultural commonwealth. Septimius Severus was no more 'black' than Julius Caesar. Politically, culturally and racially, he was part of the broad Mediterranean elite that ruled the Roman Empire. Just as the blood of Etruscans and Samnites flowed in the veins of Italian nobles (like Augustus or Vespasian), and that of Celts and Iberians in those of Spanish ones (like Trajan, Hadrian and Marcus), so did the blood of Berbers and Carthaginians flow in the veins of an African noble like Severus."

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Despite his cruel nature Septimius Severus was in many respects a useful ruler; strict in the administration of the laws, careful to correct abuses and practised impartiality. Peace returned to the provinces, cities were re-populated and roads were repaired. Rome flourished in provisions, and the people were satisfied. Septimius Severus changed the institution of the Praetorian Guards, and filled up their ranks with the bravest soldiers of the Roman Frontier. Septimius Severus believed that they would be able to suppress any rebellion that might arise and he increased the number of the Praetorian Guards to fifty thousand men. Septimius Severus despised the feeble Senate and assumed both the legislative and the executive power. Romans began to treat the emperor as the source of all law leading all future Romans to an abject dependence upon their rulers. He was a strict, but well accomplished leader.

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The Improvement of The Praetorian Guards
-Septimus Severus completely revamped the Praetorian Guards by instituting 50,000 men into the corps.

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Militaristic Government
-Septimus Severus took control of the Government with his complete dominance over the military.

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Severus would bring with him a sword to represent his militaristic approach to government.

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Septimius Severus - The First African emperor of Rome

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https://www.ancient.eu/Septimius_Severus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Septimius-Severus
https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Septimius-Severus-Rome-s-African-Emperor
http://www.livius.org/articles/person/septimius-severus/?