[HPforGrownups] Severus and Albinus = Snape and Dumbledore (WAS Big pointer to Snape as Vampire)

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 47149

erisedstraeh2002 at yahoo.com writes:
<< So glad you brought that up.  I'm convinced that JKR gave Snape the 
first name of "Severus" after that very Roman emperor.  And I think 
that emperor's history is a clue for what's to come in the HP series. >>
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<< Take out the "in" from "Albinus" and you get - Albus!  So this 
suggests to me that Snape will betray Dumbledore. >>

Me:

Not knowing very much at all about Roman Emperors, I just looked up some 
references, and it seems like Severus was the guy's last name (or third name, 
however names were organized in those days--the last name might have been the 
surname).  His first name was LUCIUS (Lucius Septimus Severus).  And to 
secure the Caesar position for his SON, he set out to eliminate his two 
rivals--Albinus (whom you've already connected to Dumbledore), the governor 
of Britain, and Niger (which means BLACK in Latin), the governor of Syria 
(which by mere coincidence sounds like Sirius).  Lucius Septimus Severus 
defeated these two and his son joined him as co-ruler of the Empire. 

If history is going to repeat itself, this plot definitely sounds more up 
Lucius's alley than Snape's.

Also according to what I read, there was a whole Severan Dynasty.  I didn't 
get into any of the other Emperors, but maybe Severus Snape has more in 
common with one of these other Severuses.  Could be.  There seems to be no 
shortage of Luciuses, Marcuses, Severuses, etc. in Roman history.

Audra