Lucius Septimius Severus first black emperor of Rome
Lucius Septimius Severus 11 April 145 – 4 February 211 was a Roman politician who served as emperor from 193 to 211. He was born in Leptis Magna (present-day Al-Khums, Libya) in the Roman province of Africa.As a young man he advanced through the customary succession of offices under the reigns of Marcus Aurelius and Commodus. Severus was the final contender to seize power after the death of the emperor Pertinax in 193 during the Year of the Five There's always hidden black history that they don't talk about that' you don't see in school history books today but museums hold that true history