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Septimius Severus

145 - 211

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Lucius Septimius Severus (Latin pronunciation: [ˈluːkiʊs ˈsɛptɪmʊs sɛˈweːrʊs]; 11 April 145 – 4 February 211) was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa. As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Septimius Severus has received more than 4,210,647 page views. His biography is available in 84 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Septimius Severus is the 286th most popular politician (down from 281st in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Libya (up from 5th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Libyan Politician.

Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor from 193 to 211. He is most famous for his military victories in the east.

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Over the past year Septimius Severus has had the most page views in the with 650,592 views, followed by Spanish (104,328), and French (91,395). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Sinhalese (163.70%), Simple English (112.87%), and Ido (109.22%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Septimius Severus ranks 286 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles VIII of France, B. R. Ambedkar, Charles the Bald, Edward Heath, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and Hu Jintao. After him are Odoacer, Martin Bormann, Charles XII of Sweden, Sulla, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 145, Septimius Severus ranks 1. After him is Huang Gai. Among people deceased in 211, Septimius Severus ranks 1. After him are Geta, Aemilius Papinianus, and Narcissus of Jerusalem.

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In Libya

Among people born in Libya, Septimius Severus ranks 4 out of 76. Before him are Eratosthenes (-276), Muammar Gaddafi (1942), and Mark the Evangelist (10). After him are Arius (256), Aristippus (-434), Omar Mukhtar (1858), Simon of Cyrene (-100), Callimachus (-310), Idris of Libya (1889), Pope Victor I (100), and Khalifa Haftar (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Libya

Among politicians born in Libya, Septimius Severus ranks 2. Before him are Muammar Gaddafi (1942). After him are Simon of Cyrene (-100), Idris of Libya (1889), Abdul Ati al-Obeidi (1939), Fayez al-Sarraj (1960), Pedubast I (-900), Baghdadi Mahmudi (1945), Ptolemy Apion (-101), Gaius Fulvius Plautianus (150), Mustafa Abdul Jalil (1952), and Aguila Saleh Issa (1944).

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