A Brief History of the Severin Dynasty

The syrian governor was apparently making for parthia, where he hoped to find asylum and perhaps the resources to make another bid for the throne one day. But he was cau before he reached the euphrates, and, like julianus before him, was unceremoniously beheaded. The head was sent back to savarus, who forwarded it on to the smallish, but well fortified city of byzantium, where what was left of the niger loyalis had holed up. Though ther leaders head now sat atop a spike in front of the city gates niger's remaining lieutenants obstinately refused to surrender. After a two year holdout