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
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
They continued nevertheless to multiply under cover of this latter clause until under Marcus Aurelius and Alexander Severus they received final encouragement and recognition.
From Rome by Malleson, Hope
Cecilia was a rich and noble Roman lady who lived in the reign of Alexander Severus.
From Famous European Artists by Bolton, Sarah K.
This vase, which had contained the ashes of the Roman Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother, was of dark-blue glass, with white enamel figures.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
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