Medallion with the Portrait of the Emperor Alessandro Severus

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Severus Alexander (208 - 235 AD) ruled Rome as Emperor from 222 to 235, marking the end of the Severan dynasty's reign. He seized power after his cousin Elagabalus was brutally murdered in 222, but ultimately met a similar fate himself, triggering a chain reaction that plunged Rome into the Crisis of the Third Century - nearly five decades of devastating civil wars, brutal foreign invasions, and catastrophic economic collapse.