“Strangely enough, the greatest of the indigenous Africans who became Emperor of the Roman Empire was charged by many European and European-American Christian Church historians of being ‘the emperor who ordered the persecution and execution of Perpetua and her followers,’ his name — Septimus Serverus (146-211 C.E.). But the truth is that Emperor Septimus Severus did not mount the throne of the Roman Empire until 193 C.E.; this he did subsequent to the murder of Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ son — Marcus Aurelius Commodus Antonius — about 17 March 177-180 C.E. Septimus Severus, at the time of his elevation to the throne of the Empire of Rome, was Rome’s greatest general, and a former civil magistrate. It is to be further noted that color was never a condition to his ascendancy to the Roman throne, as only one Roman Govenor had failed to accept this indigenous African role of imperial Rome. The dissident was Allinus — Govenor of Britany (England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland). But Emperor Septimus Severus quickly did away with this problem, as he defeated and killed Clodius in 197 C.E. during the Battle of Lyons, France. Septimus Severus’ victory over Clodius placed an African (‘Negro’) in complete control of every nation along both sides of the Meditterranean Sea and every European nation along the Atlantic Ocean up to, and including, Angloland (Britany). It also placed this African in charge of the entire Roman Empire at the time when the Roman military was being corrupted, due to the extensive employment of mercenaries…During of this turmoil the Roman State was being challenged by a ‘new religion’ — ‘Christianity,’ which had crossed over from North Africa and was giving every indication of causing further disaffection from the already disrupted Roman army, as it was already causing full-scale conversions by too many of Rome’s finest military officers — including her best generals. This new religious force, in direct and open conflict with the existing official religion of the state, had even begun to gnaw away at the already this disorganized Roman body politic. The seeds of all this had in fact started during the reign of Augustus Caesar (27 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); however, at which time a ‘new God’ was born amongst the Hebrews (Jews), his name — ‘JESUS CHRIST.'”

I find it “strange” that all images of St. Augustine on Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica’s website depict St. Augustine as being non-black/African…

Source: Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan. African Origins of The Major “Western Religions.” pg. 79-80. 1970.

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