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Lucius Septimus Severus (146-211 A.D.) Roman Emperor from 193 to 211. In 208 he marched at the head of an immense army to the extreme north of Britain to quell a rebellion. Severus then began the wall which bears his name.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 316. (Septimus Severus)
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