Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...
ANTALYA, 17 March (BelTA - Anadolu) - The head of a statue of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and 48 terracotta architectural plaques smuggled from Türkiye have been returned from Denmark’s Glyptotek ...
The emperor Septimius Severus (father of Caracalla and Geta) was born in Leptis Magna in modern-day Libya. His wife, the fearsome matriarch Julia Domna, was Syrian, speaking to the hugely varied ...
Caracalla was older than Geta by nearly a year. They were the sons of Septimius Severus, who was Rome’s emperor from 193 to ...
The tumultous “year of the five emperors” followed, culminating in Caracalla’s father, Septimius Severus, becoming emperor. In 198CE, Septimius appointed Caracalla – now a boy of ten ...
Felicity and the others were martyred because of a decree issued by Roman emperor Septimius Severus that forbade conversions ...
Although much of the complex is in ruins, you can see the remains and imagine the former glory of the Arch of Septimius Severus, the Temple of Saturn, the Arch of Titus and the House of the Vestal ...