 He died in early 211 at Eboracum (today York, England), and was succeeded by his sons, thus founding the Severan dynasty.It was the last dynasty of the Roman Empire before the Crisis of the Third Century.Born on 11 April 145 at Leptis Magna (in present-day Libya) as the son of Publius Septimius Geta and Fulvia Pia, Septimius Severus came from a wealthy and distinguished family of equestrian rank.