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The army, hearing from the Persians 293 that some of the senate of Rome had named him emperor, proclaimed this same Niger emperor. And he took over all the east as far as Egypt; whom the Laodiceans of Syria did not accept, but resisted him. And after campaigning, he took Laodicea, and overthrew it and slaughtered everyone. And this same Severus marched against him, and pursuing him, caught up with him in the Thebaid of Egypt; whom, having been captured in battle, he killed. And returning from the Thebaid after the victory, he was angry with the Alexandrians, because they had accepted the tyrant Niger and had inscribed on their gates, The city of the lord Niger. And the people of the great city of Alexandria, meeting the emperor Severus, shouted these things: We know, we have said, The city of the lord Niger; you were his lord. And accepting the readiness of their defense, he forgave them their offense and, granting them indulgences, received them. And he built for them a public bath, which he called the Severion; he also built a temple of Rhea. And when he was about to depart, he arrested a certain Thermos by name, who was one of the first officials of great Alexandria and beloved by the citizens; which Thermos had built in the city from his own funds a public bath, which he called the Thermae in his own name. This Thermos Severus confiscated the property of, as a friend of Niger. And departing from Alexandria he came to Laodicea in Syria, and 294 he praised the remaining Laodiceans, and bestowed many gifts on them and granted the right of metropolis to the city for the time of his reign only, and he ordered them to be called Septimians after his own surname, and he granted the rank of senators to the surviving officials of their city of Laodicea, because they did not accept the tyrant Niger, but fought against him. And he granted them much money for grain and much public money, decreeing that they have it annually for the restoration of their city, because when Niger had taken it, he burned and overthrew it and slaughtered all who had resisted and fought against him. And Severus built for these same Laodiceans a Hippodrome and a Cynegion and a public bath nearby below the harbor, having found a spring there. And he also built there the so-called Hexastoon. And coming also to great Antioch, he bestowed many gifts on them too; for they had given him an omen of victory by shouting, as he was setting out for Egypt against Niger. And he built for these same Antiochenes a great public bath beside the mountain, which he called the Severianon in his own name. And he ordered the city councillors there to build another public bath for the city from the surplus of the remaining brand-tax money from the escheated public properties; these city councillors, having bought the entire house of Libia the citizen-woman and her bath and garden, built there 295 a public bath on the plain of the city. Which public bath, when they had completed it, being jealous of one another, they named the Libianon in the name of the woman who sold the place. And this same Severus, going out to another war, died in barbarian lands in the west, being 65 years of age. And after the reign of Severus, Antoninus Geta reigned for 1 year. He was of short stature, broad-faced, snub-nosed, somewhat bald, with greying hair, pot-bellied, large-mouthed, of fair complexion, small-eyed. And the army killed him, and he died being 51 years of age. And after the reign of Antoninus Geta, Antoninus Caracallus, son of Severus, reigned for 6 years and 22 days. He was tall and strong, of good complexion, with a twisted nose, thick-bearded, with greying hair, curly-haired. He was loved by all the people of Rome; and he favored the Green faction. And he was slain in the palace, as he was going out to the temple, being 47 years of age.

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Πέρσας ἀκούσας ὁ στρατὸς 293 ὅτι τινὲς τῆς συγκλήτου Ῥώμης αὐτὸν ὠνόμασαν βασιλέα, ἀνηγόρευσαν τὸν αὐτὸν Νίγερτα βασιλέα. καὶ παρέλαβε πᾶσαν τὴν ἀνατολὴν ἕως τῆς Αἰγύπτου· ὅντινα οὐκ ἐδέξαντο οἱ Λαοδικεῖς Σύροι, ἀλλ' ἀντέστησαν αὐτῷ. καὶ φοσατεύσας παρέλαβε Λαοδίκειαν, καὶ ἔστρεψεν αὐτὴν καὶ κατέσφαξε πάντας. Καὶ ἐπεστράτευσε κατ' αὐτοῦ ὁ αὐτὸς Σέβηρος, καὶ καταδιώξας ἔφθασεν αὐτὸν ἐν Θηβαΐδι τῆς Αἰγύπτου· ὅντινα πολέμῳ συλλαμβανόμενος ἐφόνευσεν. καὶ ὑποστρέψας ἀπὸ τῆς Θηβαΐδος μετὰ τὴν νίκην ἠγανάκτει κατὰ τῶν Ἀλεξανδρέων, διότι ἐδέξαντο τὸν Νίγερτον τύραννον καὶ ἐπέγραψαν εἰς τὰς πόρτας αὐτῶν, Τοῦ κυροῦ Νίγερος ἡ πόλις. καὶ ἀπαντήσαντες τῷ αὐτῷ βασιλεῖ Σεβήρῳ οἱ δῆμοι τῆς αὐτῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων μεγάλης πόλεως ἔκραζον ταῦτα, Οἴδαμεν, εἰρήκαμεν, Τοῦ κυροῦ Νίγερος ἡ πόλις· σὺ ἦσθα ὁ κῦρις αὐτοῦ. καὶ δεξάμενος τὸ ἕτοιμον τῆς ἀπολογίας συνεχώρησεν αὐτοῖς τὸ πταῖσμα καὶ ἰνδουλγεντίας αὐτοῖς παρασχὼν ἐδέξατο αὐτούς. καὶ ἔκτισεν αὐτοῖς δημόσιον λουτρόν, ὃ ἐπεκάλεσε Σεβήριον· ἔκτισε δὲ καὶ ἱερὸν τῆς Ῥέας. ἐν τῷ δὲ μέλλειν αὐτὸν ἐξιέναι συνέσχε Θερμόν τινα ὀνόματι, ὅστις ὑπῆρχε τῶν πρώτων ἀξιωματικῶν Ἀλεξανδρείας τῆς μεγάλης καὶ ἀγαπώμενος ἀπὸ τῶν πολιτῶν· ὅστις Θερμὸς ἦν κτίσας ἐν τῇ πόλει ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων δημόσιον λουτρόν, ὃ ἐπεκάλεσε Θέρμα εἰς ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ. ὅντινα Θερμὸν ἐδήμευσεν Σέβηρος, ὡς φίλον τοῦ Νίγερος. ἀπὸ δὲ Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐξελθὼν ἦλθεν ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ τῆς Συρίας, καὶ 294 ἐπῄνησε τοὺς ὑπολειφθέντας Λαοδικεῖς, καὶ πολλὰ αὐτοῖς ἐχαρίσατο καὶ δίκαιον μητροπόλεως παρέσχε τῇ αὐτῇ πόλει τὸν χρόνον τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ καὶ μόνον, καὶ Σεπτιμίους ἐκέλευσεν αὐτοὺς χρηματίζειν εἰς τὸ ἴδιον αὐτοῦ ἐπώνυμον, καὶ ἀξίας συγκλητικῶν παρέσχε τοῖς περισωθεῖσιν ἀξιωματικοῖς τῆς αὐτῶν Λαοδικέων πόλεως, διότι οὐκ ἐδέξαντο τὸν τύραννον Νίγερα, ἀλλ' ἐπολέμησαν αὐτῷ. καὶ παρέσχεν αὐτοῖς καὶ σιτωνικὰ χρήματα πολλὰ καὶ πολιτικὰ χρήματα πολλά, ἐτήσια θεσπίσας ἔχειν αὐτοὺς εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τῆς πόλεως αὐτῶν, ὅτι ὅτε ἦν παραλαβὼν αὐτὴν ὁ Νίγερ, ἔκαυσε καὶ ἔστρεψε καὶ πάντας κατέσφαξε τοὺς ἀντισταθέντας καὶ πολεμήσαντας αὐτῷ. ἔκτισε δὲ τοῖς αὐτοῖς Λαοδικεῦσιν ὁ Σέβηρος καὶ Ἱππικὸν καὶ Κυνήγιον καὶ δημόσιον λουτρὸν πλησίον κάτω τοῦ λιμένος, εὑρηκὼς ἐκεῖ πηγήν. ἔκτισε δὲ ἐκεῖ καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον Ἑξάστῳον. Ἐλθὼν δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τῇ μεγάλῃ πολλὰ καὶ αὐτοῖς ἐχαρίσατο· κληδόνα γὰρ νίκης ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ κράζοντες, ἐξιόντι εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατὰ Νίγερος. ἔκτισε δὲ τοῖς αὐτοῖς Ἀντιοχεῦσι δημόσιον λουτρὸν μέγα παρὰ τὸ ὄρος, ὃ ἐπεκάλεσεν εἰς ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σεβηριανόν. ἐκέλευσε δὲ τοῖς αὐτόθι πολιτευομένοις ἐκ τῆς περισσείας τῶν ἀπομεινάντων ἐγκαυστικῶν χρημάτων ἐκ τῶν δημοσίων τῶν πεσόντων κτίσαι τῇ πόλει δημόσιον λουτρὸν ἄλλο· οἵτινες πολιτευόμενοι ἀγοράσαντες τὴν οἰκίαν πᾶσαν τῆς Λιβίας τῆς πολιτίσσης καὶ τὸ λουτρὸν αὐτῆς καὶ τὸν κῆπον ἔκτισαν ἐκεῖ 295 δημόσιον λουτρὸν εἰς τὴν πεδιάδα τῆς πόλεως. ὅπερ δημόσιον πληρώσαντες ἐπωνόμασαν διαφθονούμενοι ἀλλήλοις Λιβιανὸν εἰς ὄνομα τῆς πωλησάσης τὸν τόπον. ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Σέβηρος ἐξελθὼν εἰς ἄλλον πόλεμον ἐτελεύτησεν εἰς τὸ βαρβαρικὸν ἐπὶ τὴν δύσιν, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ξεʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Σεβήρου ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀντωνῖνος Γέτας ἔτος αʹ. ἦν δὲ κονδοειδής, πλάτοψις, σιμός, ὑποφάλακρος, μιξοπόλιος, προγάστωρ, μεγαλόστομος, λευκόχρους, μικρόφθαλμος. ἀνεῖλεν δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ στρατός, καὶ τελευτᾷ ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν ναʹ. Μετὰ δὲ τὴν βασιλείαν Ἀντωνίνου Γέτα ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ Καράκαλλος, υἱὸς Σεβήρου ἔτη ςʹ καὶ ἡμέρας κβʹ. ἦν δὲ εὐμήκης καὶ εὐσθενής, εὔχροος, στρεβλόρινος, δασυπώγων, μιξοπόλιος, οὐλόθριξ. ἐφιλεῖτο δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου Ῥώμης παντός· ἔχαιρε δὲ εἰς τὸ Πράσινον μέρος. ἐσφάγη δὲ ἐν τῷ παλατίῳ, ὡς ἐξήρχετο εἰς τὸ ἱερόν, ὢν ἐνιαυτῶν μζʹ.