The Libyan Origins of Commander Septimius Severus
Anyone who denies the Libyan origins of Commander Septimus Severus
He should review a research by Professor Abdel Hafeez Al-Mayar...
And also the writings of Antonio Merigi and David Mattingly
And the testimonies of historians
As the testimony of the Roman historian
DIO CASSIUS
In his talk about the end of Hannibal, he mentioned Septimius
By saying (being Libyan by birth)
being of Libyan birth
He was described as Libyan, and he did not say he was born in Libya, and this clearly shows his Libyan ethnicity.
This is what he listed and demonstrated
Historian Anthony Burley, in his famous book...
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS THE AFRICAN EMPEROR
By saying (Septimus erected a tomb of white marble for his great compatriot, because he was also “Libyan by race,”)
Septimius erected a white marble tomb to his great fellow-countryman, for he too was 'a Libyan by race',
note ..
The talk was about Septimius erecting a marble tomb for Hannibal.
Historian's text
DIO CASSIUS..
Translation ..
[Side note: B.C. 183 (c. 571)]
He himself [and Hannibal died by drinking poison near Bithynia in a certain place called Lepisa by name. Although he thought he would die in his country, Libya. Because a prophecy was once written to Hannibal with the following meaning: “The Libyan soil shall hide the form of Hannibal.” Later, the Roman Emperor Severus, of Libyan origin, buried this man, General Hannibal, in a white marble tomb.]
Text ..
[Frag. LXIV]
[Sidenote: B.C. 183 (a.u. 571)] He himself [i.e. Hannibal] died by drinking poison near Bithynia, in a certain place called Libyssa by name; though he thought to die in Libyssa his own proper country. For an oracle had once been written down for Hannibal to the following effect: "A Libyssan clod shall hide the form of Hannibal." Later the Roman Emperor Severus, being of Libyan birth, interred in a tomb of white marble this man, the general Hannibal. (Tzetzes. Hist. 1, 798-805. Cp. Zonaras, 9, 21.)
The Byzantine literary historian confirms this further
John Tzitzes, in the 12th century AD, quoted the above-mentioned text from the Roman historian Dio Cassius in order to confirm the origins of Septimius in all frankness by saying:
(Severus, who was a descendant of the Libyans)
Severus, who was a descendant of the Libyans.
To review the texts of Dio Cassius..
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12061/pg12061.html
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