Noch blieben dem Severus zwei Schwierigkeiten: die eine in Asien, wo Niger sich hatte ausrufen lassen, die andre im Occidente, wo Albinus nach der Würde des Imperators strebte.
After this there remained for Severus, who wished to make himself master of the whole empire, two difficulties; one in Asia, where Niger, head of the Asiatic army, had caused himself to be proclaimed emperor; the other in the west where Albinus was, who also aspired to the throne.