Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235), also known as Alexander Severus, was Roman emperor from 222 until 235. The last emperor...

themselves assumed power by raising Elagabalus (r. 218–222) and then Severus Alexander (r. 222–235) to the imperial office. The dynasty's control over the...

the Roman Empire who was the grandmother of emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, elder sister of empress Julia Domna, and mother of Julia Soaemias...

member of the Severan dynasty. She was the mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus and remained one of his chief advisors throughout his reign. She was...

as Severus I.) Severus Caracalla (188–217), Roman emperor from 198 to 217 Severus Alexander (208–235), Roman emperor from 222 to 235 Valerius Severus, Roman...

Septimius Severus. Other relatives included Elagabalus's aunt Julia Avita Mamaea and uncle Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus and their son Severus Alexander. Elagabalus's...

even more rarely as Alexander III after both Severus Alexander and Domitius Alexander (r. 308–310). He has also been called Alexander I (though there was...

that year Severus waged a short punitive campaign beyond the eastern frontier, annexing the Kingdom of Osroene as a new province. Severus defeated Albinus...

Martius in Rome, built by Nero in either 62 or 64 and rebuilt by Alexander Severus in 227 or 229. It stood between the Pantheon and the Stadium of Domitian...

holding high command in the army of the Rhine under Emperor Severus Alexander. After Severus was murdered in 235, he was proclaimed emperor by the army...

been known as "Marcus Annius Catilius Severus", at birth or some point in his youth, or "Marcus Catilius Severus Annius Verus". Upon his adoption by Antoninus...

and a family division led to her son's replacement by her nephew Severus Alexander. Julia Soaemias was killed along with her son by the Praetorian Guard...

a total of six rulers of the Empire. Galerius and Severus campaigned against them in Italy. Severus was killed under command of Maxentius on September...

The Bust of Severus Alexander is a Roman marble sculpture of the emperor Severus Alexander aged around 18. Now in the Uffizi in Florence, it is 70 cm tall...

of History extract: Zonaras: Alexander Severus to Diocletian: 222–284 12:16 Southern, Pat The Roman Empire from Severus to Constantine, Routledge, 2001...

father's cognomen, Severus, and assumed the chief priesthood as pontifex maximus. His name became Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Pius...

campaign of Alexander Severus was an episode of the Roman–Sasanian Wars (224-363) that saw the Roman Empire ruled by Emperor Alexander Severus (222-235)...

Septimius Severus; he became a suffect consul in approximately the year 205. Dio was also proconsul in Africa and Pannonia. Severus Alexander held Dio...

218), and which had had in Septimius Severus its progenitor, was now in the hands of a young emperor, Severus Alexander, who a few years later was killed...

Flavius Valerius Severus (died September 307), also called Severus II, was a Roman emperor from 306 to 307, and a member of the Tetrarchy. He shared control...

proconsular governorship of Asia. In 234, during the last years of Severus Alexander's reign, he was installed as consul for the second time. In that same...

said to have taken Alexander's breastplate from the tomb for his own use. Around AD 200, Emperor Septimius Severus closed Alexander's tomb to the public...

saw a crisis, starting with the assassination of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander in 235, plunging the empire into a period of economic troubles, barbarian...

The Arch of Alexander Severus is a Roman triumphal arch in the ancient civitas of Thugga, located in Dougga, Béja, Tunisia. It was dedicated to the Roman...

Retrieved 2020-03-26. Alexander Severus (A.D. 222–235) - De Imperatoribus Romanis by H.W. Benario Robert Lee Cleve: Severus Alexander and the Severan Women...

Libius Severus , sometimes enumerated as Severus III, was Western Roman emperor from November 19, 461 to his death on November 14, 465. A native of Lucania...

Alexander Severus. Alexander and Severus share the same cognomen, Alexander. The name Alexander is a dynastic name in the Emesan dynasty. Alexander became...

by a soldier in the palace and succeeded by Severus. Julianus was born to Quintus Petronius Didius Severus and Aemilia Clara. His father came from a prominent...

2020. Birley, Septimius Severus, pp. 218f Birley, Septimius Severus, p. 214 Birley, Septimius Severus, pp. 214, 219 Adam, Alexander, Classical biography...

3 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine; Sulpicius Severus says Nero killed Peter and Paul, Sulpicius Severus, Chronica II.28–29 "The Sibylline Oracles 5.361–76...