[Roman_War_Criminal]

Septimius Severus was not Black though. Big difference between being African and Sub-Saharan African. Romans would've referred to Blacks as "Ethiopians".

[robowombat]

Yes, exactly.

[SunkenCiv]

The fact remains that this "lady of ivory bracelet" was black African, and given the movement of people throughout the Empire, and to and fro to other places outside the Empire (such as western Africa and India), there's nothing surprising about this.