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Severius

Severius [CL severus as proper name+-ius], of or associated with Severus, Severan (in quot. in phr. fossa ~ia w. ref. to the vallum of Hadrian's Wall, construction of which was later attributed to the emperor Septimius Severus). s449 Scotti et Picti ‥ vastant partem in axe aquilonis usque ad ~iam fossam ‥ Britanni muro insistunt ‥ sed ‥ Æthelw. I 1 p. 6 (cf. ib. p. 5: Severus ‥ fossam extendit ‥ a mare usque ad mare, murum etiam ‥ construxit intrinsecus).

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