Severus alexander biography of rory
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Marcus Julius Gessius Alexianus
(AD 208 – AD 235)
Marcus Julius Gessius Alexianus was born in AD 208 in Caesarea (sub Libano) in Phoenicia. He was the son of Gessius Marcianus and Julia Avita Mamaea, daughter of Julia Maesa.
Just like his cousin Elagabalus, Alexander had inherited the priesthood of the Syrian sun god El-Gabaal.
Alexander Severus first came to prominence when Elagabalus proclaimed him Caesar (junior emperor) in AD 221.
Severus alexander biography of rory
It was when he became Caesar, that the boy Alexianus assumed the name Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander.
His entire elevation was in fact part of a plot by the powerful Julia Maesa, grandmother to both Elagabalus and Alexander, to rid herself of Elagabalus and instead substitute him on the throne with Alexander.
It was her, together with Alexander’s mother Julia Mamaea who had persuaded Elagabalus to promote his cousin.
However, emperor Elagabalus soon changed his mind about his supposed heir. Perhaps he discovered that Alexander Sever