THE ONLY KNOWN PAINTING OF LIBYAN-BORN ROMAN EMPEROR SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS. SEPTIMIUS IS PORTRAYED AT THE TOP RIGHT. THIS PAINTING WAS DONE IN EGYPT IN 199 AND IS ON DISPLAY IN THE ANTIQUITIES MUSEUM IN BERLIN, GERMANY. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS WAS KNOWN TO HIS ROMAN CONTEMPORARIES AS “HANNIBAL’S REVENGE.”
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