Severus

Names:

• date of birth and real name unknown 
• 1 May 305: Flavius Valerius Severus Caesar 
• August 306: Imperator Severus Augustus
• April 307: resigned
• 16 September 307: murdered

Relatives:

• children: Severianus

• 305 Appointed as caesar by Constantius I Chlorus in 305
• 306 Automatically made emperor when Constantius dies. He is forced to recognize the late ruler's son Constantine I the Great as caesar, and is faced with a rebellion in Rome, which is occupied by Maxentius, the son of Maximianus.
• 307 Consul (with Maximinus Daia);  march on Rome, but forced to return to Ravenna; Maximianus, returned from retirement, forces Severus into surrender and orders him to abdicate. A couple of months later, he is murdered.