Plunder from Tyre. During the Roman supremacy in Phoenicia; Septimius Severus and Pescennius Niger were competitors for the empire. Although Niger commanded in the East; the Tyrians destroyed his insignia and proclaimed Severus. Niger sent his Mauritanian light troops against them; who behaved with great barbarity; plundering and burning the town and slaughtering most of the inhabitants. Illustration for Hutchinson's History of the Nations (Hutchinson; c.1920). Note: Image has been digitally enhanced to facilitate repro.