 On 19February 197 at the Battle of Lugdunum, with an army of about 75,000 men, mostly composed of Pannonian, Moesian and Dacian legions and a large number of auxiliaries, Severus defeated and killed Clodius Albinus, securing his full control over the empire.In early 197 Severus departed Rome and travelled to the east by sea.He embarked at Brundisium and probably landed at the port of Aegeae in Cilicia, travelling to Syria by land.