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The wife, children and household of Pescennius Niger are killed on orders of Septimius Severus.

 
Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: other, Direct Consequence: death
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Roman, Age: mixed, Activity: unknown, Direct Consequence: death
  • Origin: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Lucius Septimius Severus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Historia Augusta: Pescennius Niger 6.1-2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Roma (Rome)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 2
    Year :A.D. 196
     
    Context :jurisdictional
    Motivation :political
    economical
    Long-Term Consequence :financial reward
     
    Original Text :filii occisi, necata uxor, patrimonium publicatum, familia omnis exstincta. sed haec omnia, postquam de Albini rebellione cognitum est, facta sunt; nam prius et filios Nigri et matrem in exsilium miserat.
     
    Translation :His children were put to death, his wife was murdered, his estates were confiscated, and his entire household utterly blotted out. All this, however, was done after news of the revolt of Albinus was received, for before that Niger's children and their mother had merely been sent into exile.
     
    Edition :Historia Augusta, Volume I: Hadrian. Aelius. Antoninus Pius. Marcus Aurelius. L. Verus. Avidius Cassius. Commodus. Pertinax. Didius Julianus. Septimius Severus. Pescennius Niger. Clodius Albinus. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 139. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1921.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-04-13 : 10:01:44
    Last changed :2021-04-15 : 11:39:48
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00008970
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