Category: Roman

Ancient Roman Costume History

Roman emperor Septimus Severus in Paludamentum and Circular Fibula.

Bust, Septimus Severus, Roman, emperor, circular fibula, paludamentum, British Museum,

Septimius Severus was born in Africa of Roman parents; he died at York in the year 211 a. D. after a severe illness at the age of sixty-six. This bust was found in the year 1776 on the Palatine Hill, in the part of the Palace of the Cæsars now occupied by the Villa Magnani.