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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3372096, member: 91461&quot;]For a guy with a near flawless beard, it should be no surprise that the man had many tricks up his sleeves and under that beard!</p><p><img src="https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.GFx4Pypqx9BSC1pJ9QCbbQAAAA&amp;pid=Api" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>On this date, 1,822 years ago, Septimius Severus decisively defeated, fellow usurper, Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=OIP.3BWsF-SfgIcJZOXCINQvVwHaJ4&amp;pid=Api" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Albinus had been made Caesar by Septimius the year before to placate the British bad boy whilst buying himself some time. Rather than do battle on 2 fronts Septimius offered Albinus the role as a way to keep him idle while going to battler with Pescennius Niger. Once Pescennius was defeated Severus made his oldest son, <i>Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus,</i> better known as Caracalla, Caesar (soon to follow would be the unfortunate Geta). </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://classconnection.s3.amazonaws.com/169/flashcards/1457169/jpg/portriat_of_septimius_severus_and_his_family1334815166438.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(Poor Geta damned from history...or at least this lovely family photoish)</p><p><br /></p><p>Once this was announced the rouse was up. Clodius realized that he had just been made a patsy and readied himself to do battle.</p><p>Septimius and his men must have been brimming with confidence coming off of their previous win went in for the kill and won a crushing victory!</p><p>The battle generally referred to as the battle of Lugdunum (also battle of Lyon) was the last in securing Setpimius Severus, and his line (well for 1 generations anyways), as the true and sole ruler of the Roman empire!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894364[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u><b><u>Septimius Severus</u></b></u></b></p><p><b><u>(193-211 AD). AR Denarius (19 mm, 3.20 g), Roma, 200 AD. </u></b></p><p><b><u>Obv. SEVERVS AVG PART MAX, laureate head right.</u></b></p><p><b><u>Rev. PM TR P VIII COS II PP, Victory advancing left, holding open wreath over shield set on low base. </u></b></p><p><b><u>RIC 150. Nice portrait. Good very fine. Former: Auctiones GmbH</u></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894365[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>Clodius Albinus</u></b></p><p>as Caesar (AD 193-195). AR denarius Rome, AD 193-194/5. D CL SEPT AL-BIN CAES, bare head of Clodius Albinus right / ROMAE AE-TERNAE, Roma seated left, holding palladium and scepter, shield at her side. RIC 11a. BMCRE 43.</p><p><br /></p><p>Post those coins of these bad dudes or any that you deem worth sharing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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