en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septimius_Severus
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His sons, advised by Julia Domna, succeeded him, thus founding the Severan dynasty.
The Severan dynasty was founded by Septimius Severus himself, not by his sons after his death.
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This sentence gets the founder of the dynasty wrong. Standard historical references date the Severan dynasty from Septimius Severus' accession in AD 193. In other words, the dynasty already existed during Severus' reign; Caracalla and Geta continued it after 211, but did not found it.
Two reliable museum/history references state this directly:
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art says the Severan dynasty comprised the reigns beginning with Septimius Severus (193–211 A.D.) and adds that "Its founder, Septimius Severus" was from Leptis Magna.
- English Heritage likewise says Severus "rose from relative mediocrity to start a new dynasty."
So the article's wording should say that his sons succeeded him within the Severan dynasty, not that their succession founded it.
2 sources
- The Severan Dynasty (193–235 A.D.) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Severan dynasty comprised the relatively short reigns of Septimius Severus (193–211 A.D.) ... Its founder, Septimius Severus, was a member of a leading native family of Leptis Magna in North Africa...
- Septimius Severus | English Heritage
He rose from relative mediocrity to start a new dynasty and his tenure as emperor was characterised by battling usurpers and brutal military campaigns in Parthia and Britain.