Episode CXXXVII - Mother Knows Best (Severus Alexander I)
Emperors of Rome
The Historia Augusta and Serba Bin Chicken
The Historia Augusta's aim is to portray Serus Alexander as the ideal young prince. So he just creates this fictitious life. There are some factual nuggets in there that we can compare with our sources. The author does have some knowledge there, but not enough. Nobody else out of Australia will get that.
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