Severan dynasty

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Roman imperial dynasty royal house

The Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial family that ruled from 193 to 235 CE, overseeing a period of military expansion, legal reform, and monumental building across the empire.

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Severan period 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman imperial dynasty ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
capital Rome ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
dissolutionReason military unrest and assassination of Severus Alexander ⓘ
endTime 235 ⓘ
followedBy Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ
foundedBy Septimius Severus ⓘ
governmentForm autocracy ⓘ
hasMember Caracalla ⓘ
Elagabalus ⓘ
Geta ⓘ
Julia Domna ⓘ
Julia Maesa ⓘ
Julia Mamaea ⓘ
Julia Soaemias ⓘ
Severus Alexander ⓘ
hasMonarch Caracalla ⓘ
Elagabalus ⓘ
Geta ⓘ
Macrinus ⓘ
Septimius Severus ⓘ
Severus Alexander ⓘ
hasPart Severan Tondo period ⓘ
historicalPeriod Roman Empire High Imperial period ⓘ
knownFor increased power of the army in politics ⓘ
legal reforms ⓘ
military expansion ⓘ
monumental building projects ⓘ
severe fiscal policies ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
namedAfter Septimius Severus ⓘ
notableEvent Assassination of Caracalla ⓘ
Assassination of Severus Alexander ⓘ
Conquest of Mesopotamia ⓘ
Constitutional reforms of Caracalla ⓘ
Edict of Caracalla ⓘ
Murder of Geta ⓘ
Parthian campaigns of Septimius Severus ⓘ
Praetorian Guard influence in imperial succession ⓘ
Rise and fall of Elagabalus ⓘ
Year of the Five Emperors ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
precededBy Nerva–Antonine dynasty ⓘ
religion Roman paganism ⓘ
significantBuilding Arch of Septimius Severus ⓘ
surface form: Arch of Septimius Severus in Leptis Magna

Arch of Septimius Severus ⓘ
surface form: Arch of Septimius Severus in Rome

Severan Forum renovations ⓘ
Severan building program in Leptis Magna ⓘ
startTime 193 ⓘ
territorialExpansion Campaigns in Africa ⓘ
Campaigns in Britain ⓘ
Campaigns in the East against Parthia ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Thysdrus → amphitheatreBuiltUnder → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Arch of Septimius Severus → builtUnder → Severan dynasty ⓘ
subject surface form: Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna)
Severan basilica → commissionedUnder → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Septimius Severus → dynastyFounded → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Nerva–Antonine dynasty → followedBy → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Principate → hasPart → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Roman emperors → hasPart → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Septimius Severus → memberOfDynasty → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Severan basilica → namedAfter → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Severan basilica → period → Severan dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Severan period
Leptis Magna → reachedPeakUnder → Severan dynasty ⓘ
Cassius Dio → servedAsConsulUnder → Severan dynasty ⓘ