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Severus II
Aureus from 306 or 307 depicting Severus
Roman emperor
(in the West)
Augustus
25 July 306 – April 307 (with Galerius in the East)
Predecessor
Constantius I
Successor
Maxentius (de facto) Licinius (de jure)
Co-ruler
Constantine I
Caesar
1 May 305 – 25 July 306 (under Constantius I)
Born
Flavius Severus Illyria
Died
September 307 Tres Tabernae
Issue
Flavius Severianus
Names
Flavius Valerius Severus
Flavius Valerius Severus (died September 307), also called Severus II,[1] was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307, and a member of the Tetrarchy. He shared control of the western half of the empire with Constantine I, but spent most of his short reign in a civil war against the usurper Maxentius, who later killed him and took over Italy.
^Kienast, Dietmar (2017) [1990]. Römische Kaisertabelle (in German). WBG. p. 278. Enumerated after Septimius Severus.
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