"Severus" trivia

[ceefax2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 82760

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jwcpgh" <jwcpgh at y...> wrote:
> I larned in class the other day that there was a Roman governor of 
> Britain by the name of Julius Severus who was in office around the 
> year 135 CE, when he was sent to Judea by the emperor Hadrian to 
> help put down the bar Kochba revolt.  Just a bit of trivia...I have 
> no idea if (1) this has been covered before or (2) JKR ever heard of 
> this guy.  But I have no doubt he had greasy hair and favored 
> black...
> 
> Laura, who is always pleased to find HP connections in unexpected 
> places


On a similar note, Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid)'s elder brother was
called Lucius. But he seemed to be a nice, conscientious kind of
person, so that's probably not a HP link... ;)

Ceefax