{"slug": "alexander-severus", "label": "Alexander Severus", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Severus", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [221, 238], "span_label": ["221 CE", "238 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "roman-empire", "label": "Roman Empire", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "sasanian-empire", "label": "Sasanian Empire", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "syria", "label": "Syria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ardashir-i", "label": "Ardashir I", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rhine", "label": "Rhine", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "caesar-title", "label": "Caesar (title)", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "armenia", "label": "Armenia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mesopotamia", "label": "Mesopotamia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-army", "label": "Roman army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ctesiphon", "label": "Ctesiphon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "roman-senate", "label": "Roman Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "sassanid-empire", "label": "Sassanid Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 221, "year_label": "221 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Emperor Elagabalus adopts his cousin Alexander Severus as his heir, and receives the title of Caesar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188819#Roman_Empire", "title": "221", "revid": 1371188819, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 222, "year_label": "222 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Alexander Severus succeeds Elagabalus. He is only 13 years old; his mother, Julia Avita Mamaea, governs the Roman Empire with the help of Domitius Ulpianus and a council composed of 16 senators.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371226830#Roman_Empire", "title": "222", "revid": 1371226830, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 225, "year_label": "225 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus marries Sallustia Orbiana, and possibly raises her father Seius Sallustius to the rank of Caesar.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188693#Roman_Empire", "title": "225", "revid": 1371188693, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 227, "year_label": "227 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Seius Sallustius is executed for the attempted murder of his son-in-law, Emperor Alexander Severus. Sallustius' daughter, as well as Alexander's wife, Sallustia Orbiana, is exiled to Libya.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189138#Roman_Empire", "title": "227", "revid": 1371189138, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 229, "year_label": "229 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus and Dio Cassius are joint Consuls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281566383#Roman_Empire", "title": "229", "revid": 1281566383, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 230, "year_label": "230 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus decides that Thessaly should be a separate province from Macedonia. He increases taxes, in order to maintain the war against the Sassanids, and strengthen the defenses of the Roman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371190910#Roman_Empire", "title": "230", "revid": 1371190910, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 231, "year_label": "231 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus accompanies his mother Julia Mamaea to Syria, and campaigns against the Persians. Military command rests in the hands of his generals, but his presence gives additional weight to the empire's policy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1281566582#Roman_Empire", "title": "231", "revid": 1281566582, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 232, "year_label": "232 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Roman–Persian Wars: Emperor Alexander Severus launches a three-pronged counterattack against the Persian forces of King Ardashir I, who have invaded Mesopotamia. However, the Roman army advancing through Armenia is halted. Alexander gives the order to march to the capital at Ctesiphon, but the Romans are defeated, and withdraw to Syria. The result is an acceptance of the status quo, and after heavy losses on both sides, a truce is signed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371191236#Roman_Empire", "title": "232", "revid": 1371191236, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 233, "year_label": "233 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus celebrates a triumph in Rome to observe his \"victory\" the previous year over the Persians (in reality, Severus Alexander advanced towards Ctesiphon in 233, but as corroborated by Herodian, his armies suffered a humiliating defeat against Ardashir I). He is soon summoned to the Rhine frontier, where the Alamanni invade what is now modern-day Swabia. German tribes destroy Roman forts, and plunder the countryside at the Limes Germanicus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371186513#Roman_Empire", "title": "233", "revid": 1371186513, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 234, "year_label": "234 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea move to Moguntiacum (modern Mainz), the capital of Germania Superior. His generals have planned a military offensive and built a bridge across the Rhine. Alexander prefers to negotiate for peace by buying off the Alemanni. This policy outrages the Roman legions and he loses the trust of the troops.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371188139#Roman_Empire", "title": "234", "revid": 1371188139, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": 238, "year_label": "238 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "The silver content of the Roman denarius falls to 28 percent under Emperor Gordian III, down from 35 percent under Alexander Severus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371227244#Commerce", "title": "238", "revid": 1371227244, "section": "Events › By topic › Commerce"}}]}