MessageToEagle.com – On 16 September 307, died Severus II who was a Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 307.
According to one source, Severus II at Tres Tabernae, near the current Cisterna di Latina and another source informs that he was killed in Ravenna in Northern Italy or executed in the vicinity of Rome.
After failing to besiege Rome, he fled to Ravenna. It is thought that he was killed there or executed near Rome.
Severus was born in Northern Illyria around the middle of the third century AD. He became a senior officer in the Roman army, and his old friend emperor Galerius ordered that Severus was appointed Caesar of the Western Roman Empire, a post that he succeeded to on May 1, 305.
Then, Severus II was promoted to Augustus by Galerius, who sent him to suppress the rebellion. From his capital Mediolanum, Severus moved towards Rome at the head of an army previously commanded by Maximian, Roman Emperor from 286 to 305.
Maxentius, the son of Maximian feared the arrival of Severus, so he offered Maximian the co-rule of the empire. Maximian accepted, and when Severus arrived under the walls of Rome and besieged it, his men deserted to Maximian, their old commander. Severus fled to Ravenna, and Maximian decided to spare his life and treat him humanely if he surrendered peaceably. Severus did in March or April 307.
Still, Severus was exposed as a captive and later imprisoned at Tres Tabernae.
Was he executed or forced to commit suicide? It is uncertain.
Severus was survived by his son Flavius Severianus.
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