Quintus Petronius Didius Severus
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Quintus Petronius Didius Severus was a Roman who lived in the 2nd century. Severus’ family was one of the most prominent and significant families in Midolanensis or Mediolanum (modern Milan, Italy).
Severus was of the gens Didia. His mother was Didia Jucunda. His paternal grandfather of the same name Quintus Petronius Severus, son of one Gaius Petronius, was an Insuber or Insubrian in the city, while his father of the same name Quintus Petronius Severus, brother of one Petronia Vara, was a distinguished general. His grandfather, father and Severus himself were born and raised in Midolanensis.
Severus married Aemilia Clara, an African woman of Roman descent. Their sons were:
- Marcus Didus Salvius Julianus Severus, best known as Didius Julianus, briefly Roman Emperor in 193.
- Didius Proculus, his son was betrothed to his niece Didia Clara.
- Didius Nummius Albinus.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
- Augustan History - Didius Julianus
