short of the 14th anniversary of his victory at Lugdunum. Notes References Fishwick, Duncan The Imperial Cult in the Latin West: Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire, Volume 3. Boston: Brill, 1992, 2002. . Gibbon, Edward. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume 1. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 1952. Great books of the Western world, volume 40. . Goldsworthy, Adrian. Pax Romana: War, Peace and Conquest in the Roman World. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2016. . External links Roman Emperors DIR account of Severus' life 197 Lugdunum 197 Lugdunum 197 Roman Lyon Septimius Severus 2nd century 2nd century in Roman Gaul Civil wars of the Roman Empire 190s in the Roman Empire