Editing Septimius Severus (section)

== Death ==
Severus' campaign was cut short when he fell ill.<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History'', Book 77, Sections 11–15.</ref><ref name=":0">Birley (1999), pp. 170–187.</ref> He withdrew to [[Eboracum]] (modern [[York|York, England]]) and died there in 211.<ref name="Birley 1999, p. 187"/> Although his son Caracalla continued campaigning the following year, he soon settled for peace. The Romans never campaigned deep into Caledonia again. Shortly after this, the frontier was permanently withdrawn south to Hadrian's Wall.<ref name=":0"/>

Severus is famously said to have given the advice to his sons: "Be harmonious, enrich the soldiers, scorn all others" before he died on 4 February 211.<ref>Cassius Dio, ''Roman History'', Book 77, Section 15.</ref> On his death, Severus was [[Imperial cult (ancient Rome)|deified]] by the Senate and succeeded by his sons, [[Caracalla]] and [[Publius Septimius Geta|Geta]], who were advised by his wife [[Julia Domna]].<ref>"Life of Septimius Severus" in ''Historia Augusta'', Section 19.</ref> Severus was buried in the [[Castel Sant'Angelo|Mausoleum of Hadrian]] in Rome.

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File:Larger than life-size bronze statue of Septimius Severus depicted in heroic nudity, discovered by chance in 1928 near the village of Kythrea in Cyprus, Cyprus Museum, Nicosia (22275287879).jpg|Large bronze statue of Septimius Severus depicted in heroic nudity, [[Cyprus Museum]].
File:Jean-Baptiste Greuze - Septimius Severus and Caracalla - WGA10673.jpg|Septimius Severus on his deathbed next to his son Caracalla by [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]] (c. 1769).
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