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==== Life and Reign of Septimius Severus====
[[File: Septimus Severus one.jpg|270px300px|thumb|left|Ruins of the defensive works built by Septimius in North Africa]]
Septimius Severus was born in, Leptis Magna, Tripolitania (now in Libya). He was the son of a knight or a member of the equestrian order and he was of Punic or Carthaginian descent. Severus first language was Punic, and he remained proud of his Carthaginian heritage.<ref>Birley, Anthony R., <i>Septimius Severus: The African Emperor</i> (London: Routledge, 1999), p. 15</ref> He entered the Senate about 173 AD, he was very young to become a senator but his way was eased because so many members of the elite had died in a great plague the previous year.
