# Severus Alexander

> A boy-emperor at 13, Rome's youngest sole ruler managed a prosperous 13-year reign before his murder by his own soldiers triggered half a century of imperial collapse.

*Roman Emperor (208-235)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/severus-alexander

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 0208-10-01
- **Died:** 0235-03-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander became emperor in 222 after his cousin Elagabalus was murdered by guards and thrown into the Tiber along with his mother. Both boys were grandsons of Julia Maesa, who had orchestrated Elagabalus's rise through the Third Gallic Legion. Alexander's reign, the longest by a sole emperor since Antoninus Pius, brought peace and prosperity to Rome's interior. But the Sassanid Empire pressed from the east and Germanic tribes intensified their incursions. Alexander checked the Sassanids but turned to diplomacy and bribes against the Germans - a choice that disgusted his army. In March 235, conspirators assassinated him along with his mother Julia Avita Mamaea and his advisors. His successor Maximinus Thrax inherited an empire about to fracture: Alexander's death marked the beginning of the Crisis of the Third Century, nearly fifty years of civil war, invasion, and economic ruin.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 65.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 9.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 26.3 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 5.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Александр Север](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [アレクサンデル・セウェルス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9)
- [亚历山大·塞维鲁](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E5%8E%86%E5%B1%B1%E5%A4%A7%C2%B7%E5%A1%9E%E7%BB%B4%E9%B2%81)
- [Alexandre Severo](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Severo)
- [Severus Alexander](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander)
- [Aleksander Sewer](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksander_Sewer)
- [Sévère Alexandre](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9v%C3%A8re_Alexandre)
- [Alessandro Severo](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Severo)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1769)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Severus%20Alexander)
- [Aleksandar Sever](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar_Sever)
- [Alexandre Sever](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Sever)
- [Alexander Severus](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus)
- [Alexander Severus](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus)
- [Alexander Severus](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus)
- [Severus Alexander](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander)
- [Alexander Severus](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus)
- [Αλέξανδρος Σεβήρος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B5%CE%B2%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Aleksandro Severo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandro_Severo)
- [Alejandro Severo](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Severo)
- [Severus Alexander](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander)
- [Alexandro Severo](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandro_Severo)
- [الکساندر سوروس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Severus Alexander](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander)
- [Wikiquote](https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Sever)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alessandro_Severo)
- [אלכסנדר סוורוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [세베루스 알렉산데르](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B8%EB%B2%A0%EB%A3%A8%EC%8A%A4_%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%82%B0%EB%8D%B0%EB%A5%B4)
- [Alexander Severus](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus)

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