Septimius Severus inherited a failed military campaign in Iraq and an ailing economy. He first resolved the situation in Iraq, undertook a number of new building projects, stamped out governmental corruption, persecuted Christians, and raised taxes to pay for wage increases. Ultimately though, it all might have only hastened the Empire's decline.
Source: Times Online. The parallels are discussed at length in Webster Tarpley's Unauthorised Biography of Barack Obama, p 409-412.
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