What is "severus"

Severus is the name of various historical and fictional figures, including:

Emperors in the Severan dynasty

• Septimius Severus (145–211), Roman Emperor from 193 to 211
• Alexander Severus (208–235), Roman Emperor from 222 to 235

Other individuals

• Saint Severus (disambiguation), several Christian saints
• Sulpicius Severus (c. 363–c. 425), a Christian writer and native of Aquitania in modern-day France
• Severus (Encratite), founder of the gnostic sect Severian Encratites
• Severus of Antioch (c. 465 – c. 538), Non-Chalcedonian and Patriarch of Antioch
• Severus of Minorca 5th-century AD Christian bishop of Minorca
• Flavius Valerius Severus (died 307), Roman Emperor from 306 to 307
• Libius Severus (420–465), Roman Emperor from 461 to 465
• Severus Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ (died 987), Coptic bishop and historian

Severus is the surname of the following people:

• Sextus Julius Severus, 2nd-century Roman general
• Aulus Caecina Severus (suffect consul 1 BC), Roman general and politician
• Gnaeus Claudius Severus, Roman philosopher and senator
• Gnaeus Claudius Severus Arabianus, Roman philosopher and senator, son of Gnaeus Claudius Severus
• Gaius Septimius Severus Aper, Roman Aristocrat
• Quintus Varius Severus, Roman politician from the late Republic
• Tiberius Claudius Severus Proculus, Roman senator
• Cornelius Severus, Roman epic poet
• Sulpicius Severus (c. 363 – c. 425), Christian writer

Fictional characters

• Severus Snape, character in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
• Captain Severus, captain of the Ultramarines 2nd company during its mission to Mithron in Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie