12 Facts About Severan dynasty

Severan dynasty was a Roman imperial dynasty that ruled the Roman Empire between 193 and 235, during the Roman imperial period.

Severan dynasty rose through military service to consular rank under the later emperors of the Antonine dynasty.

Severan dynasty married Syrian noblewoman Julia Domna and had two children with her: Caracalla and Geta.

Severan dynasty was succeeded by his sons Caracalla and Geta, whom he had elevated as co-emperors in the years preceding his death.

Severan dynasty was assassinated en route to a campaign against the Parthians by a member of the Praetorian Guard.

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Severan dynasty kept those forces wintered in Syria, where they became attracted to the young Elagabalus.

Severan dynasty was betrayed and executed after a reign of only 14 months.

Elagabalus's grandmother, Julia Maesa, Julia Domna's sister and sister-in-law of Emperor Septimius Severus, arranged for the restoration of the Severan dynasty and persuaded soldiers from the Gallic Third Legion, which was stationed near Emesa, by using her enormous wealth as well as the claim that Caracalla had slept with her daughter and that the boy was his bastard to swear fealty to Elagabalus.

Severan dynasty was later invited alongside his mother and daughters to the military camp, clad in imperial purple and crowned as emperor by the soldiers.

Severan dynasty is said to have smothered guests at a banquet by flooding the room with rose petals, married his male lover and married a Vestal Virgin called Aquilia Severa.

Severan dynasty was succeeded by Maximinus Thrax, the first of a series of weak emperors, each ruling on average only 2 to 3 years, which ended 50 years later with the Tetrarchy instituted in the reign of Diocletian.

Women of the Severan dynasty, beginning with Septimius Severus's wife Julia Domna, were notably active in advancing the careers of their male relatives.