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Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexandrus (October 1, 208- March 18?, 235), commonly called Alexander Severus, Roman emperor from 222 to 235, was born at Arca Caesarea in Palestine. Alexander Severus - bust in the Louvre, Paris Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Alexander Severus - bust in the Louvre, Paris Image by ChrisO File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in Leap years). ... hello my name is marco u ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ... This is a list of Roman Emperors with the dates they controlled the Roman Empire. ... Events Pope Urban I succeeds Pope Callixtus I Roman Emperor Alexander Severus succeeds Heliogabalus Kingdom of Wu is established in China Sun Quan defeats Liu Bei at the Battle of Yi Ling Deaths March 11 - Roman Emperor Heliogabalus murdered Tertullian, theologian Pope Callixtus I Claudius Aelianus, teacher and rhetorician Ma... Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ... Arqa (originally Irqata, Arkite in the Bible) is a village near Miniara in the Akkar district of northern Lebanon, 22 km northeast of Tripoli, near the coast. ... Map of the British Mandate of Palestine. ...

His father, Gessius Marcianus, held office more than once as an imperial procurator; his mother, Julia Mamaea, was the daughter of Julia Maesa and the aunt of Elagabalus (also called "Heliogabalus"). His original name was Bassianus, but he changed it in 221 when his grandmother, Maesa, persuaded the emperor Elagabalus to adopt his cousin as successor and create him Caesar. In the next year, on March 11, Elagabalus was murdered, and Alexander was proclaimed emperor by the Praetorians and accepted by the senate. Julia Avita Mamaea (180- 235) was the daughter of Julia Maesa, a powerful Roman woman of Syrian origin, and Julius Avitus. ... Julia Maesa (about 170- about 226) was daughter of Julius Bassianus, priest of the sun god Heliogabalus, the patron god of Emesa in the Roman province of Syria. ... A bust depicting Elagabalus. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... The Praetorian Guard of Caesar Augustus - 1st century A.D. Depicted in a marble bas-relief. ...

He was then a mere lad, amiable, well-meaning, but entirely under the dominion of his mother, a woman of many virtues, who surrounded him with wise counsellors, watched over the development of his character and improved the tone of the administration, but on the other hand was inordinately jealous, and alienated the army by extreme parsimony, while neither she nor her son had a strong enough hand to keep tight the reins of military discipline. Mutinies became frequent in all parts of the empire; to one of them the life of the jurist and praetorian praefect Ulpian was sacrificed; another compelled the retirement of Dio Cassius from his command. Domitius Ulpianus, Anglicized as Ulpian, (died 228) was a Roman jurist of Tyrian ancestry. ... Dio Cassius Cocceianus (155â€“after 229), known in English as Dio Cassius or Cassius Dio, was a noted Roman historian and public servant. ...

On the whole, however, the reign of Alexander was prosperous till he was summoned to the East to face the new power of the Sassanians. Of the war that followed we have very various accounts; Mommsen leans to that which is least favourable to the Romans. According to Alexander's own dispatch to the senate he gained great victories. At all events, though the Persians were checked for the time, the conduct of the Roman army showed an extraordinary lack of discipline. The emperor returned to Rome and celebrated a triumph (233), but next year he was called to face German invaders in Gaul, not far from Mainz, where he was slain, (on either March 18 or 19 235), together with his mother, in a mutiny of the Legio XXII Primigenia which was probably led by Maximinus Thrax, a Thracian legionary, and at any rate secured him the throne. Head of king Shapur II (Sasanian dynasty A.D. 4th century). ... Theodor Mommsen Theodor Mommsen Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen (30 November 1817 - 1 November 1903) was a German classical scholar and historian, generally regarded as the greatest classicist of the 19th century. ... The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named FÃ¢rsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... City motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus â€“ SPQR (The Senate and the People of Rome) Founded 21 April 753 BC mythical, 1st millennium BC Region Latium Mayor Walter Veltroni (Left-Wing Democrats) Area - City Proper 1290 kmÂ² Population - City (2004) - Metropolitan - Density (city proper) 2,823,807 almost 4,000,000 1... Events Roman Emperor Alexander Severus wins a war against the Persians. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (from Latin Gallia, c. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... Events Maximinus Thrax becomes Roman Emperor. ... Legio XXII Primigenia, was levied by emperor Caligula in 39, for his campaigns in Germania. ... Emperor Maximinus Thrax Caius Julius Verus Maximinus (c. ...

Alexander was the last of the Syrian emperors. Under the influence of his mother, he did much to improve the morals and condition of the people. His advisers were men like the famous jurist Ulpian, the historian Dio Cassius and a select board of sixteen senators; a municipal council of fourteen assisted the urban praefect in administering the affairs of the fourteen districts of Rome. The luxury and extravagance that had formerly been so prevalent at the court were put down; the standard of the coinage was raised; taxes were lightened; literature, art and science were encouraged; the lot of the soldiers was improved; and, for the convenience of the people, loan offices were instituted for lending money at a moderate rate of interest. Image File history File links Alexander Severus Ã† 25mm of Deultum. ... Image File history File links Alexander Severus Ã† 25mm of Deultum. ... The Artemis of Versailles, a Roman copy of a Hellenistic marble sculpture, now at the Louvre Museum. ... Burgas (also transliterated as Bourgas; Bulgarian: Ð‘ÑƒÑ€Ð³Ð°Ñ) is the second-largest city on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast. ...

In religious matters Alexander preserved an open mind. In his private chapel he had busts of Orpheus, Abraham, Apollonius of Tyana, and Jesus. It is said that he was desirous of erecting a temple to the founder of Christianity, but was dissuaded by the pagan priests. There is no doubt that, had Alexander's many excellent qualities been supported by the energy and strength of will necessary for the government of a military empire, he would have been one of the greatest of the Roman emperors. The head of Orpheus, from an 1865 painting by Gustave Moreau. ... Abraham (×Ö·×‘Ö°×¨Ö¸×”Ö¸× Father/Leader of many, (circa 1700 BCE) Standard Hebrew Avraham, Tiberian Hebrew ; Arabic Ø§Ø¨Ø±Ø§Ù‡ÙŠÙ… ; Geez áŠ á‰¥áˆáˆƒáˆ ) is regarded as a patriarch of Israelite religion, recognized by Judaism and later Christianity, and a very important prophet in Islam. ... Apollonius of Tyana (13 March 2 â€“ 98?) was a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher and teacher of Greek origin. ... Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene, is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Î™Î·ÏƒÎ¿ÏÏ‚ Î§ÏÎ¹ÏƒÏ„ÏŒÏ‚) with Christ being a title meaning Anointed One or Messiah. Christian viewpoints on Jesus (known as Christology) are both diverse and complex. ...

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