Alexander Severus
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According to common, if unproved, legend, it was supposed to have come from the sarcophagus of the 3rd Century Roman Emperor Alexander Severus and to have once contained his ashes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cecilia was a noble and rich Roman lady, who lived in the reign of Alexander Severus.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
Alexander Severus organized all the industrial colleges and assigned them defensores.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
Alexander Severus, who introduced this arrangement, used to say that a man would fight better if at the same time he were defending his own hearth.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry
Cecilia was a rich and noble Roman lady who lived in the reign of Alexander Severus.
From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.
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