Severus II

Severus II
Aureus of Severus as caesar, Trier mint
Roman emperor (in the West)
Augustus	25 July 306 – April 307 (with Galerius in the East)
Predecessor	Constantius I
Successor	Maxentius (de facto) Licinius (de jure)
Co-ruler	Constantine I
Caesar	1 May 305 – 25 July 306 (under Constantius I)
Born	Flavius Severus Illyria
Died	September 307 Tres Tabernae
Issue	Flavius Severianus
Names Flavius Valerius Severus

Flavius Valerius Severus (died September 307), also called Severus II,^[1] was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307, and a member of the Tetrarchy. He shared control of the western half of the empire with Constantine I, but spent most of his short reign in a civil war against the usurper Maxentius, who later killed him and took over Italy.