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145 CE: Birth of Lucius Septimius Severus.
170 CE: Severus enters the Roman senate.
173 CE: Severus is a legatus in Africa.
175 CE: Septimius Severus marries the Punic lady Paccia Marciana.
187 CE: Septimius Severus marries the Syrian lady Julia Domna.
188 CE: Birth of Septimius Severus' and Julia Domna's first son, Bassianus, known as Caracalla.
189 CE: Septimius Severus is proconsul of Sicily. Birth of Geta, his second son.
190 CE: Severus is consul for the first time.
191 CE - 193 CE: Septimius Severus is governor of Pannonia Superior.
193 CE - 211 CE: Reign of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus.
195 CE: First Parthian war.
197 CE - 198 CE: Second Parthian war.
197 CE: Septimius Severus defeats Albinus at Lugdunum.
198 CE - 209 CE: Reign of Caracalla with his father Septimius Severus.
199 CE - 200 CE: Septimius Serverus' trip in Egypt.
200 CE: The four-way Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus is built at Lepcis Magna.
203 CE: The Arch of Septimius Severus is built in Rome's Forum Romanum to commemorate victories over the Parthians.
208 CE - 211 CE: Septimius Severus and Caracalla campaign in Scotland, much of the Legio II Augusta is deployed there.
209 CE - 211 CE: Reign of Caracalla with his father Septimius Severus and his brother Geta (Feb - Dec 211 only with Geta).
211 CE: Death of Septimius Severus at Eboracum (York) during his Britain campaign.
216 CE: End of the architectural project of the Severan forum.
228 CE: A triumphal arch is built at Thugga and dedicated to Septimius Severus.