Commodus will try to scare Severus, Niger and Albinus by slaughtering their supporters here in Rome.

Albinus on the supposition that he was going to share the empire with Severus remained where he was: Severus made all strategic points in Europe, save Byzantium, his own and hastened toward Rome.

[Sidenote:6] The struggle between Severus and Albinus near Lugdunum is now to be described.