Severus Alexander

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Roman emperor Severan dynasty emperor human

Severus Alexander was a Roman emperor who ruled from 222 to 235 AD, known as the last emperor of the Severan dynasty and for his relatively peaceful and administratively focused reign before being overthrown by the army.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Severus Alexander canonical	14
Alexander Severus	4
Emperor Severus Alexander	3

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman emperor ⓘ Severan dynasty emperor ⓘ human ⓘ
advisor	Julia Mamaea ⓘ senatorial council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Severus Alexander ⓘ surface form: Alexander Severus Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander ⓘ
armyDiscontentReason	perceived weakness in German campaign ⓘ
birthDate	0208-10-01 ⓘ
birthName	Julius Bassianus (probable) ⓘ surface form: Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus
birthPlace	Iol Caesarea ⓘ surface form: Arca Caesarea Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Roman Syria ⓘ
burialPlace	Rome ⓘ
cameToPowerBy	acclamation by the Praetorian Guard ⓘ assassination of Elagabalus ⓘ
causeOfDeath	military coup ⓘ
coinDepiction	laureate bust ⓘ
coinInscription	Imperator ⓘ surface form: IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate	0235-03-18 ⓘ
deathPlace	Germania Superior ⓘ Mogontiacum ⓘ frontier of the Roman Empire ⓘ
dynasty	Severan dynasty ⓘ
era	Crisis of the Third Century ⓘ surface form: Crisis of the Third Century (early phase)
familyName	Severus ⓘ
givenName	Marcus ⓘ
grandmother	Julia Maesa ⓘ
killedBy	Roman soldiers ⓘ supporters of Maximinus Thrax ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
marriageEnd	227 ⓘ
marriageStart	225 ⓘ
militaryConflict	Roman–Persian Wars ⓘ campaigns on the Germanic frontier ⓘ conflicts with the Sassanid Empire ⓘ
mother	Julia Mamaea ⓘ
notableFor	administrative reforms ⓘ attempts to reduce military expenditure ⓘ being the last emperor of the Severan dynasty ⓘ relatively peaceful reign ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman emperor ⓘ
predecessor	Elagabalus ⓘ
reignEnd	235 ⓘ
reignStart	222 ⓘ
relative	Caracalla ⓘ Elagabalus ⓘ
religion	Roman paganism ⓘ
spouse	Orbiana ⓘ
successor	Maximinus Thrax ⓘ
title	Augustus ⓘ Pater Patriae ⓘ pontifex maximus ⓘ surface form: Pontifex Maximus

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Severan dynasty → hasMonarch → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Severan dynasty → hasMember → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Cassius Dio → coConsul → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Severus

Cassius Dio → servedUnderEmperor → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Ulpian → servedUnder → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Severus Alexander

Dio Cassius → consulColleague → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Severus

Dio Cassius → servedUnderEmperor → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Severus

Rise and fall of Elagabalus → hasKeyFigure → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Assassination of Severus Alexander → hasVictim → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Assassination of Severus Alexander → hasParticipant → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Julia Maesa → grandchild → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Julia Soaemias → notableRelative → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Severus Alexander

Julia Mamaea → motherOf → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Julia Mamaea → child → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Julia Mamaea → associatedWith → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Elagabalus → successor → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Elagabalus → cousin → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Severus Alexander → alsoKnownAs → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Severus

Herodian's History of the Roman Empire → coversReignOf → Severus Alexander ⓘ

Baths of Caracalla, Rome → furtherWorkUnder → Severus Alexander ⓘ

subject surface form: Baths of Caracalla

Baths of Agrippa → laterRestorationBy → Severus Alexander ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emperor Severus Alexander