Influence Of Severus On The Pax Romana

During The time of The Roman Empire we were given emperors who understood the needs of the empire .People who put in place rules, structures and successors who would result in the continuation of a great empire. With Emperors such as Septimus Severus during the third century and Valentinian the Third during the fifth century we see a shying away of the golden age of Rome and a republic deemed more towards selfish desires, and fulfilling their own needs and wants rather than the State of Rome. With these Emperors, poor choices and the desire to place unfit people in charge of the Empire helped to bring down Rome. During the second Century Rome was in its stage of so called Golden Era Enjoying the Pax Romana and having great success due to the Reign of the five good Emperors. …show more content…
Rome was facing an unstable juncture and needed a more firm hand. Enter Severus Septimus. Severus’s attempts to become emperor would begin strongly after the death of then Emperor Pertinax. So outraged by this he and his troops, given to him by former Emperor Commodus, Severus was not only named Emperor by his troops but they also helped him to seize control of Rome after Didius Julianus was sentenced to death by the senate. Severus and his men after acquiring power killed all those who struck down pertinax and placed his own loyal men in the Praetorian Guard so to not meet the same fate as Pertinax. His Reign as emperor was not respected all over as He would have to go to war with Pescennius Niger who had proclaimed himself emperor of Rome in Syria. Along with that there was Clodius Albinus, governor of