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
Domitian was the second restorer; Hadrian, Commodus, Caracalla, and Alexander Severus improved and beautified the group, from time to time.
From Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani
It is worthy of notice that Origen observed that previous to this time the number of Christian martyrs had been very small.864 The second persecution was occasioned by the murder of Alexander Severus by Maximinus.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) by William Edward Hartpole Lecky
Beyond the arch is the mound called Monte del Grano, which has been imagined to be the burial-place of Alexander Severus.
From Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. Hare
Sumptuary laws were enacted on account of the public extravagance, but they were little regarded, and were altogether abrogated by the emperor Alexander Severus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
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