Emperors of Rome

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Solidus of Emperor Libius Severus
Name
Libius Severus
Dynasty
None
Born
Lucania
Unknown
Died
15 August 465
Unknown
Reign
November 461 to August 465
(3 years, 8 months and 30 days)
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Libius Severus (Latin: Flavius Libius Severus Serpentius Augustus[1][2]) (Lucania, c. 420 – 15 August 465), also Severus III,[3] was Western Roman Emperor from November 19, 461 to his death.

A Roman senator from Lucania[4] Severus was one of the last Western emperors, emptied of any effective power (the real power was in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer), and unable to solve the many problems affecting the empire; the sources describe him as a pious Christian.[5]