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Septimius Severus

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    (April 11, 146-February 4, 211)
    Birth name is Lucius Septimius Severus
    Emperor of the Roman Empire (193-211)

Why he might be annoying:

    Scholars dispute whether he was a Berber or a Punic.
    He had his predecessor Roman Emperor Clodius Albinus assassinated.
    He had a bitter relationship with the Roman Senate at the start of his reign because he seized power with military might.
    He had dozens of Roman Senators executed on charges of corruption and conspiracy against him and replaced them with his favorite people.
    He disbanded the Praetorian Guard and replaced it with his own Guard made up of his own loyal troops.
    After he died, he was succeeded by his two quarrelsome sons, Caracalla and Geta, which ended the stability of the Roman Empire he provided.
    Although he didn't enacted new anti-Christian laws, he enforced the established ones.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an equestrian, a Roman citizen of high social rank.
    He kept Britain from being overrun by barbarians and had Hadrian's Wall reconstructed.
    He was popular with the citizens of Rome despite ruling like a military dictator.
    He was a soldier at heart.
    He waged a brief and successful war against the Parthian Empire.
    He crushed Clodius Albinus and Pescennius Niger to become the unchallenged ruler of the Roman Empire.
    He stamped out the moral degeneration and government corruption caused by Roman Emperor Commodus.
    After he returned to Rome from his victory over the Parthians, he had a triumphal arch erected in his honor that still stands today.

Credit: Jeff


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    In 2020, Out of 24 Votes: 95.83% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 78 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
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    In 2015, Out of 86 Votes: 63.95% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 182 Votes: 62.09% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 189 Votes: 66.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 38 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 56 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 124 Votes: 68.55% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 145 Votes: 64.83% Annoying