The End of the Severan Dynasty

The Ancients

History Hit

History

4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Following two assassinations and two executions, the title of Roman Emperor fell to Alexander Severus. He was one of the youngest to ever hold this title, and he was to be the final emperor of the Severan Dynasty. But who was making the decisions? In this episode we hear about the thirteen year reign of this young emperor, and examine the intriguing figure of his mother and advisor, Julia Mamaea. Matilda Brown, PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, is back on the Ancients to take us through the final years of the Severan dynasty, busting myths along the way.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	It's the Entrance on History Hit.
0:06.2	I'm Tristan Hughes your host.
0:08.6	And in today's podcast, well, oh yes, we are back talking about one of the most brutal
0:14.4	dynasties of ancient Rome.
0:16.8	The severe and dynastie, you might remember a couple of weeks back we chatted to Dr.
0:21.5	Alex Imrie all about the infamous Emperor Caracalla.
0:25.4	A couple of months back, we also chatted to Matilda Brown about the rise and fall of the
0:30.8	Emperor Eligabalus, and in particular the women that surrounded him, his mother Julius
0:36.0	Suimias and his grandmother Julius Mamei and the key roles that they played in his reign
0:42.4	and before his reign.
0:44.3	Now I'm delighted to say that today Matilda is back to continue the story.
0:48.5	We're going from where we left off with the murder, with the assassination of Eligabalus
0:53.0	and his mother Julius Suimias, and we're focusing in on the reign of the last severe
0:58.7	and emperor, Alexander Severus.
1:01.2	We're going to be talking a lot about Alexander Severus, but in particular we're going
1:05.8	to be focusing in on the third Julia, the mother of Alexander Severus who was incredibly
1:11.8	significant during the reign of her son, and this was Julia Mamei.
1:17.6	So without further ado, here's Matilda.
1:23.5	Matilda, always pleasure to have you on the show.
1:26.0	Welcome back.
1:27.4	Thank you so much for having me back.
1:29.1	I'm excited.
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in -1251 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from History Hit, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of History Hit and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.