Gaius Septimius Severus Aper
# Gaius Septimius Severus Aper

Gaius Septimius Severus Aper (c. 175 – 211/212) was a Roman aristocrat.

## Life

He was appointed consul ordinarius in 207 with the otherwise unknown Lucius Annius Maximus.

Aper came from Leptis Magna and was probably a paternal grandson of the consul suffectus of July 153, Publius Septimius Aper. Aper is possibly the same person called Afer in the Historia Augusta, who at the end of the year 211 or 212 was executed by the command of the emperor Caracalla.

## Severan dynasty family tree

vteSeveran family tree :

Septimius Macer

Gaius Claudius Septimius AperFulvius PiusLucius Septimius Severus

Publius Septimius AperGaius Septimius AperFulvia PiaPublius Septimius GetaSeptimia PollaJulius Bassianus

SeptimiusPublius Septimius GetaSeptimia OctavillaPaccia Marciana (1)Septimius Severus (r. 193–211)Julia Domna (2)Julia MaesaGaius Julius Avitus Alexianus

Gaius Septimius Severus AperFulvia PlautillaCaracalla (r. 197–217)Geta (r. 209–211)Julia SoaemiasSextus Varius MarcellusJulia Avita MamaeaUnknown (2)

Julia Cornelia Paula (1)Aquilia Severa (2 and 4)Elagabalus (r. 218–222)Annia Faustina (3)Sallustia OrbianaSeverus Alexander (r. 222–235) :

(1) = 1st spouse

(2) = 2nd spouse

(3) = 3rd spouse

(4) = 4th spouse

Dark green indicates an emperor of the Severan dynasty

Notes:

Except where otherwise noted, the notes below indicate that an individual's parentage is as shown in the above family tree.

↑ Birley, Anthony R. (1999). Septimius Severus: The African Emperor. London: Routledge. p. i.↑ Burrell, Barbara (2004). Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors. p. 216.↑ Burrell, Barbara (2004). Neokoroi: Greek Cities and Roman Emperors. p. 247.↑ Icks, Martijn (2011). The Crimes of Elagabalus: The Life and Legacy of Rome's Decadent Boy Emperor. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. p. 57–58. ISBN 978-1-84885-362-1.1 2 Gibbon, Edward; Smith, William (1889). The Student's Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. pp. 45–47.

Bibliography:

Birley, Anthony R. (1999). Septimius Severus: The African Emperor. London: Routledge. ISBN 0415165911.

Gibbon, Edward; Smith, William (1889). The Student's Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. London: Murray. OCLC 993285639. :

