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==== Roman Empire ====
* Emperor [[Septimius Severus]] returns to [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] after a five-year absence. [[Festival]]s are held to celebrate his six-year reign. Severus undertakes changes in the imperial government, giving the [[Roman army]] a dominant role, raising pay in the [[Roman legion|legions]] and permitting [[Roman legionary|legionaries]] to marry in order to secure their loyalty.
* Rome is a city of about 1.5 million citizens, its people housed mostly in 46,600 ''[[insula (building)|insulae]]'' or apartment blocks, each three to eight stories high, flimsily made of [[wood]], [[brick]] or [[rubble]].
* Some 400,000 [[slavery|slaves]] perform the [[domestic worker|menial]] work of Rome, with [[middle-class]] citizens often owning eight; the rich from 500 to 1,000; an emperor as many as 20,000. Free urban workers enjoy 17 to 18 hours of leisure each day, with free admission to [[Thermae|baths]], [[sport]] events and [[gladiator]]ial games.
* Severus launches a campaign in [[Africa (Roman province)|Africa]]; [[legio III Augusta|Legio III ''Augusta'']] under [[Quintus Anicius Faustus]] fights a [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla war]] against the [[Garamantes]] along the [[Limes Tripolitanus]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Westera|first=Rick|title=Historical Atlas of Europe (December 202): Severus' African War|url=https://omniatlas.com/maps/europe/2021218/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Omniatlas|language=en}}</ref> They capture several settlements such as [[Ghadames|Cydamus]], Gholaia and their capital [[Germa|Garama]], 600 km south of [[Lepcis Magna]]. The province of [[Numidia]] is enlarged: the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] annex [[Messaâd|Castellum Dimmidi]], [[M'Lili|Gemellae]] and [[Biskra|Vescera]].  
* An edict bans conversions to [[Christianity]] and all Christian [[propaganda]].
* A [[Roman law]] bans [[gladiatrix|female gladiators]].
* The [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] is restored.