It was long supposed that she was a noble lady of Rome who, with her husband and other friends whom she had converted, suffered martydom, c. 230, under the emperor Alexander Severus.
From the time of Alexander Severus the post was open to senators also, and if a knight was appointed he was at the same time raised to the senate.
There exists a series of its coins with heads of emperors from Domitian to Alexander Severus.
The emperor Alexander Severus had images of Abraham, Christ and Alexander the Great among his household Lares.
The narrative is of special value as supplementing Dion Cassius, whose history ends with Alexander Severus.
