Fw: [HPFGU-OTChatter] The Other Severus

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No: HPFGUIDX 14990

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Caius Marcius" <coriolan at w...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Doreen" <nera at r...> wrote:
> > Doreen said:
> 
> > Last weekend, a print in the ladies room of a hotel caught my
> > attention. The print was a pen-and-ink drawing of the Arch of
> > Septimius Severus in Rome. Perhaps Rowling named Snape after this
> > Severus? Could Snape be (somewhat) based upon the Historical 
> Severus?
> > If so, the next HP books will be VERY interesting indeed!
> > 
> > http://www.roman-empire.net/decline/sept-severus.html
> > 
> 
> [Septimus] Severus was passionately addicted to the vain studies of 
> magic and divination, deeply versed in the interpretation of dreams 
> and omens, and perfectly acquainted with the science of judicial 
> astronomy...........
> 
>                - Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 
Chap. 6


And based on this (thanks Caius), I would suggest that it's highly 
likely that JKR (who is obviously extremely well educated, whether 
it's formal or informal education) saw or knew of him (Septimus 
Severus) and it stuck in her conscious or unconscious.

Susan