After the assassination of Emperor Commodus, Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was escorted by the Roman Guards, was also assassinated by the Guards, and in an unprecedented outrage that the next emperor was auctioned.
As a result, Didius Julianus was elected emperor, but the governors of each province who were dissatisfied with it suddenly made a name for themselves as emperor.
Clodius Albinus, Governor of Britannica
Roman Syria Governor Pechennius Nigel
And Septimius Severus, Government-General of Pannonia
All were those appointed by Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus as governor.
And, as Emperor Antonin was afraid, Rome entered an era of civil war in which the provinces were in conflict.
Septimius Severus's March on Rome
It was Severus who arrived in Rome at an overwhelming speed among the governors of the provinces who made their name.
Some say that Pannonia (now around Hungary) was purely closer to Rome, and some were Severus's move faster.
The Roman emperor Julian was completely scared by the movement of Severus, and he offered co-government to Severus, but ignored it.
Julian is murdered by the Senate and the Guards who fear Severus.
Severus arrives in Rome as it is, and when he dissolves his guards, he becomes the Roman emperor with the approval of the Senate.
It is the beginning of the Severus dynasty.
Even though I got Rome, there were still enemies left. Severus decides to go east to fight Nigel, the governor of Syria.
Battle for the throne
Severus joined hands with Britannia Governor Arninus and headed for Syria.
I understand Nigel, who protects Syria, the most important point of the empire. Severus has been defeated by Nigel in the first match.
The Severus soldiers are running from north to south at once, so they probably suffered from temperature differences and fatigue.
Nigel offered Severus a condominium, but Severus refused.
In the decisive battle in the land of Issus, the battle was almost equal, but in the end it was the victory of Severus.
This Issus is also the place where Alexander the Great and King Darius of Persia fought. There aren't many places where large armies collide with each other, so there are several battles in the same place in world history. I can't help but leave it to the examinees.
It didn't seem like a decisive defeat, but commander Nigel escaped in this battle, but he didn't seem to escape the fate of his death.
After defeating Escape, a fight with Albinus, Governor of Britannia, awaited.
The two troops were held around what is now Lyon, France.
The result is a big win for Severus. Albinus was scattered on the battlefield.
Severus thus won all the battles and returned to Rome.
Emperor Septimius Severus
It is said that the Severus dynasty begins in world history with the inauguration of the Emperor of Septimius Severus.
After this era, the Senate has become a mere corpse, and the era of martial politics, in which those with armed forces carry out politics, has begun.
Severus, who became emperor, first canceled the record-erasing sentence of Emperor Commodus.
I'm not sure why he did this, but there is a theory that he went because he wanted to be a legitimate successor to Emperor Aurelius.
He also asks the Senate to put his son Karakala in the position of Imperator Desinanas. This means recognizing his son Karakala as the next emperor.
Severus's relatives were worse than those of Emperor Aurelius, who later brought numerous public works projects to his hometown of Leptis Magna in North Africa. It's like Kakuei Tanaka.
The Senate was completely at the mercy of Severus. Democracy is dead. Until Emperor Aurelius, it was literally Punkeps, representing the first citizen, but from this area it became clearly Imperator and Caesar.
Severus mercilessly purged the Senator, who showed an attitude against him.
The crackdown on Christianity has also intensified.
No one can go against Severus anymore.
He died of illness
Humans die. He will surely die. I die without a hitch.
Severus also died casually.
He called his beloved son, Karakara, to his bed. Severus loved his wife Julia Domus and his sons Karakala and Geta. He placed portraits of his family throughout the empire.
Severus told his child, "Get along with your family."
His son did not keep it and killed his brother. It is said that the portrait of his family touched all over Rome to erase Geta's face.
Severus also made the same mistake as Aurelius.
It is a mistake to make an unsuitable person an emperor.
Rome keeps rolling down the slope. No one can stop it now.