Alexander Severus
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Alexander Severus | |||||
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26t Emperor o the Roman Empire | |||||
![]() Bust o Severus Alexander | |||||
Ring | 11 Mairch 222 – 18/19 Mairch 235 | ||||
Predecessor | Elagabalus | ||||
Successor | Maximinus Thrax | ||||
Born | 1 October 208 Arca Caesarea, Sirie Phoenicia Province (modren Akkar, Lebanon) | ||||
Dee'd | 18 or 19 Mairch 235 (aged 26) Moguntiacum, Germania Superior | ||||
Spouse | Sallustia Orbiana Sulpicia Memmia | ||||
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Imperial Dynasty | Severan | ||||
Faither | Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus | ||||
Mither | Julia Avita Mamaea |
Severus Alexander (Laitin: Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus;[1] 1 October 208 – 18 or 19 Mairch 235) wis Roman Emperor frae 222 tae 235. Alexander wis the last emperor o the Severan dynasty. He succeedit his cousin Elagabalus upon the latter's assassination in 222, an wis ultimately assassinatit himsel, markin the epoch event for the Creesis o the Third Century — nearly fifty years o ceevil wars, foreign invasion, an collapse o the monetary economy.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ In Clessical Laitin, Alexander's name would be inscribed as MARCVS AVRELIVS SEVERVS ALEXANDER AVGVSTVS.