Was Septimius Severus the 1st Black man to rule England?
Did you know that Black and Asian people first came to the North East in Roman times? Or that England was once ruled by a Libyan? These and many more historical facts were revealed as part of BBC Black History Month.
Early Black History
Emperor Septimius Severus wasn’t the only Black Roman in Britain. There were other African officers, soldiers … stationed on and around Hadrian’s Wall in the 3rd century.
From the 9th century onwards, there are records of Vikings bringing Moroccans to the region.
There’s a gap in the recording of black presence in the North East of England for nearly 400 years until the start of the 16th century.
Black and Asian presence in the North East of England can be traced back to Septimius Severus, a North African Libyan, who ruled England as Roman Emperor between 193-211 AD.
Severus was unique amongst the Roman emperors as being the first Black citizen to hold the highest office in the empire.
The most celebrated example of an early Black presence in Britain is the case of the Roman military garrison on Hadrian’s Wall in Cumbria.
A 4th century inscription tells us that the Roman auxiliary unit, Numerus Maurorum Aurelianorum, was stationed at Aballava, modern day Burgh-by-Sands.
This unit had been mustered in the Roman province of Mauretania in North Africa, modern Morocco.
Genetic evidence
It was recently suggested that African DNA might be found to be present in the local populations near to Hadrian’s Wall.
However, this would not conclusively show that the Black Roman soldiers on the wall intermarried with the local population because of the problem of ‘admixture’.
Admixture is a process whereby the DNA of a population becomes diluted over time and it cannot be shown at what period in time that dilution took place.
African Legacy
During his time in office, Septimius Severus legalised marriage during military service.
There is also evidence that that some Black Romans married, had children, and remained in Britain after their tour of duty.
Skeletons unearthed in a Romano British Cemetery outside York revealed the limb proportions of some of the men suggested that they were Black Africans.
Perhaps they might be considered to be Britain’s first Diaspora people, making Cumbria the birthplace of Black British history?
TheRealTruth is majority of so called white scientists and anthropologists of the past are pseudo academics and liars concerned with covering up the truth. All the things they say when investigated are found out to be nothing but bullshit. Dividing the world into 3 main races – Negroid, Mongoloid and Caucasoid was bullshit. That classification does not explain why there are people in southern africa who look like Chinese (or should I say why Chinese look like people from southern Africa) or why the Olmec heads exist prior to Colombus’ arrival to the Americas (who are blatant African heads), or why dark skinned people have blonde or reddish hair in Vanuata. Does not explain why Australians have African features but Indian hairl. Evolution did not happen the way those pseudo academics portray it. It did not happen in the way that there was black, then chinese then white << Absolute bullshit. The majority of the world arose due to mixing of people. Arabs are mixed race white and black. Whites are albino desis – genetic mutations. Has nothing to do with environment – as yet again evolution does not explain why the inuits/ eskimos in the antartic are dark but live in freezing conditions – yet so called europeans are white because they lived in a ‘cold’ climate. But which is colder – europe or arctic? Why are the inuits melinated but europeans arent? Because europeans are albinos. Their existance has nothing to do with enviroment. Even science says they were a melinated people who lost their melanin – but doesnt say which people they were before they turned white. But just ask yourself which group of people on earth look like whites – its southern Asians. People from India, bangladesh, sri lanka, pakistan. Have you ever seen an albino desi? They are identical to so called nordics – FACT!
Have to congratulate Richard and Jahday because they have knowledge. Majority of whites arent smart – all they do is propagate false bullshit fed to them by their delusional forefathers. Talking about there were no writing systems or civilisation in Africa, but when shown the evidence that those things did and do exist in Africa, what can they say? Talking about Africans could not count – discover the ishango bone. Africa had no wheel? LOL it was Europe who had no wheel. They even say the Iraqis brought the wheel to Europe. The same Iraqis they are bombing today. Thats how they show their gratitude to thoe who civilised them – kill them. Did the same to the Native Americans and Australians when they had taught them how to survive in a foreign environment. So what happened in Africa is no surprise. We are the foundations of civilisation – FACT; they know it and because they have made us look bad to the world they cannot accept the fact that we are the ones who they owe everything to. They cant humble themselves – but they will have to soon. Every lie told will be destroyed.
All of you should look within yourselves and seek help. After slavery, world wars and all the racial terrorrs both our black and white ancestors have endured U grown men and women still mask your insecurities by viciously insulting other races. Be very careful with words and actions your real enemy is your own prejudiced views not the colour of your neighbour.
The “white race has been around for as long as ever,They are the descendants of Ham after he received the curse for disrespecting his father Noah .The Most High God cursed Ham and he became the very first whiteman in the Earth after the Great Flood .Ham is the the father of all the dark/black races except for the “Negroes”.He is also the father of all the Europeans whose surnames end with h a m. For example Buckin-ham; Nottin- ham; Cunnin-ham etc. These whites were born unto Ham after “The Curse”
We all no we have different variations of negroid people who are not exclusive to Africa. My wife is a lyte skinned lybian. u can call her white if ya wanna.
Africans are the orginal race of this world. Negroid black race people were spread all over the world that’s why our imprint is everywhere. America was once apart of africa and europe before the split so yes ther were negroid race people in America before so called Mongo races down from the north. The white race a johnny come lately, i wouldnt waste the energy responding to such inferiority. please they had to invent weapons of mass destruction before the came of of the europe to rule the work. And yes Lybians Ancient Romans are all Med. African race peoples even that dude truth bare witness to that. when he went on the internet a printed all the BS all the tribes that fool named had black blood idiot ever heard of hannibal the great. Jahdey stop fighting give em pictures of the cariving of the original Ngu Ngas of kemet and that should stop the fight. Its mot like your arguing over some fixated christ character who never existed these peoples left statues and writings and a ancestrial religious path for african peoples and peoples of all races to follow. I mean really what has the european invented in his time the most high has alloted him. Nothing but war and war technology massive war. i dont give a f what color ancient kings of kemet were but the facts is the religion that was venerated in ancient kemet was a religion that came out of the congo. and its a fact that the horus kings had to come from that area because the amazons of africa were sacred because of the stories of OST and AST. African people should stop tryin to be akin to everybody and claim there own history refine there own languages i mean how you gwon claim to be free when the Ori is enlaved. when we start loving whom we are an our own Ancestry we wont have to fight over who’s who..
Look at you all! Just look at yourselves! I can’t trust anything in history because everyone’s so pro-European and anti-African or pro-African and anti-European. You all try to claim this n that white people did this, black people did that, when in truth the groups classifications and so called ‘races’ of people back 2000 years ago would have been different to now. There were likely to have been ‘black’ romans or ‘mixed race’ romans. Oh but wait none of you tend to focus on the face that people actually are of mixed heritage. It isn’t something flipping new in the 20th Century! All you all want and have ever done is claim people of uncertain descent for youselves. The whites claim how ridiculous that people were of african origin, and the blacks claim all mixed race people in history as black people.
Some people you see today that you’d assume were ‘white’ actually have a ‘black’ grandparent, i.e are so called 1/4 black, but you wouldn’t tell immediately when looking at them. So it could very easily have been that there were black romans that settled in Britain many hundreds of years ago. Look at Brazil, South Africa etc just over a few hundred years there has become a new ‘look’ of people. in another 500 years we wouldn’t really be able to tell their ancestor but may be just classed as another racial group of people.
I want to learn the truth about African history and i belive a lot of it has been warped by racist Europeans and Arabs, but then when u hear some pro-african people going on about how black people invented everything, and europeans did nothing, and calling them white pink trash etc also makes yo wonder what’s credible that’s said of them.
In truth i will never know, but all i know is that history has been warped and people of african descent have been a part of history and other societies in the past. All people do is look at today’s culture and think naaah that couldn’t have happened, when it has.
Flabbergasted @ the vile vibes out there and depth of deluded fabrication. Love the cooling vibes of the sister.
The liar undermines the truth by bringing the truth into disrepute. Falsehood will be revealed and dismissed and is happening now.
All Peace and Love, life is a lesson for learning.
OneLove Blessnz
The Native people of England were Celt’s. The Celts were one of the White Tribes of Europe. Two thousand years ago, the Romans invaded England & they brought a bunch of Black Africans with them & they set about exterminating the White Britons, the White Britons fought with incredible courage, they had no fear of Death, but their style of warfare was fundamentally different to the Romans. The Celts were Manly fighters which liked to fight Man against Man, they possessed incredible courge, they fought naked & without armour, this made them easy targets for the Cowardly Roman Blacks, which only fought in legions all togather & covered in armour.
Whole Tribes of the Native White Celtic Britons were wiped out. Even Babies were butchered in their Mothers arms. The White Tribes which surrendered to the Roman multi Race society, were put in chains & turned into White slaves & worked to death in the tin & copper mines, even little Children were worked to Death. The Girls were enslaved Raped & turned into prostitutes.
But the White Tribes of Europe united against the Roman multi Race scum & brought their sick empier crashing to the ground & then the White Tribes of Europe came back into Briton & liberated it & drove out the foreign multi Race Roman/African invaders & reclaimed it for the White Tribes of Europe.
Then we lived in peace until another bunch of Multi Race supporters arived here a thousand years ago under a Cur by the name of Willem the Conquer, his Norman invasion was Bank rolled by Jews & between the Normans & their Jewish financers, they conquered the Saxons & the Celts in Britian & then then invaded Ireland & started a War between Britian & Ireland which lasted almost a thousand years. The Normans & Jewish invaders declared themselves to be Royalty of Britian & Ireland, they destroyed our White Celtic & Saxon Tribal culture. Thease parasites are the ones who are still ruling our land & Lording it over us. For the last thousand years they have used us as cannon fodder for their War games. World War 1 & World War 2 was a Genocide of the White Race. Hundreds of Millions of the cream of the White Race were wiped out & replaced by Blacks from the Caribbean & Africa & they are encouraging thease Blacks to Race Mix with our White Race, so that they can then call us a “Mongrel Nation” . They want our Beautiful White Race to become extinct, because they are jealous of us.
James i really hope you dont live your whole life with this kind of mentallity, in this day and age we must learn to live among those who are different from us and also to love them otherwise we are doomed to a life of bitterness and misery. i dont understand why people think that the presence of different cultures and races has to mean the destruction of their own. it is possible to retain your own cultural heritage and traditions while accepting those of others. yet we all must accept that we cannot hold on to our traditions for ever some will be lost and replaced; this is how it has always been and always will be otherwise we would still be living in caves
Exuse me, ive not read every comment, but there was one written by Mohammed, whom i dont know why blaimed rastafarians, when im pretty sure the BBC isnt handled by Rastafarians. But to get to the point, ALL humans are of black descent. The first men came from africa.
Any way, to all, who the fuck cares?
where all human.
Jah bless you all
and also, to the comment above, cowardly black legions?
i mean, what about all the colonial times when african tribes fought just like the celts but againts muskets?
still, why fight about this? its just a different scource…