When the Roman emperor Septimius Severus restored the statues in hopes of gaining favor with Memnon, they ceased speaking their oracles. As you move around the Colossus, which is the northern one ...

Qaddafi correctly viewed the statue as a threat. For Septimius Severus stood as a wistful reminder of what Libya had once been: a Mediterranean region of immense cultural and economic wealth ...

Because the Roman Emperor himself, Septimius Severus ... MUM: It’s not just the Romans that exaggerate. A bronze Statue of Septimus Severus outside Leptis Magna Museum, Libya, North Africa.