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b'Synopsis:\\xa0 Severus confronts Albinus at Lugdunum, then launches a war against the Parthians.\\xa0 At the pinnacle of his power, the oracle of Zeus Belos reveals his family\\u2019s fate.\\n\\u201cThe youth of Severus had been trained in the implicit obedience of the camps, and the riper years spent in the despotism of military command.\\xa0 His haughty and inflexible spirit could not discover, or would not acknowledge, the advantage of preserving an intermediate power, however imaginary, between the Emperor and the army.\\u201d \\u2013 Edward Gibbon, History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1, Chapter 5\\n\\u201cHere is one man who overthrew three Emperors after they were already ruling, and got the upper hand of the Praetorians by a trick\\u2026He prevailed over them all by his courage.\\xa0 It is not possible to name another like Severus.\\u201d \\u2013 Herodian, History of the Roman Empire from the Death of Marcus Aurelius to the Accession of Gordian III, Book 3, Chapter 7\\nMap of the Near East c. 198AD (provinces):\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Near_East_198AD_1.jpg\\nMap of the Near East c. 198AD (cities):\\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Near_East_198AD_2.jpg\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'