. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. NDER SEVERUS, a Romanemperor, born in 205 A. D.; was the cousinand adopted son of Heliogabalus, whomhe succeeded in 222. He sought the soci-ety of the learned; Paulus and Ulpianuswere his counselors; Plato and Cicerowere, next to Horace and Vergil, his fa-vorite authors. Although a pagan, hereverenced the doctrines of as he was by the citizens onaccount of his equity, he soon became anobject of hatred to the unruly praetorianguards. His first expedit
. Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ... with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps. NDER SEVERUS, a Romanemperor, born in 205 A. D.; was the cousinand adopted son of Heliogabalus, whomhe succeeded in 222. He sought the soci-ety of the learned; Paulus and Ulpianuswere his counselors; Plato and Cicerowere, next to Horace and Vergil, his fa-vorite authors. Although a pagan, hereverenced the doctrines of as he was by the citizens onaccount of his equity, he soon became anobject of hatred to the unruly praetorianguards. His first expedition (231-233)against Artaxerxes, King of Persia, wasterminated by a speedy overthrow of theenemy; but during one which he under-took in 234 against the Germans on theRhine an insurrection broke out amonghis troops, headed by Maximus, in whichAlexander was murdered (235). ALEXANDER THE GREAT 109 ALEXANDRIA ALEXANDER THE GREAT, son of Philip of Macedon and Olympias, daugh-ter of Neoptolemus of Epirus, was bornat Pella, 356 B. c. His mind was formedchiefly by Aristotle, Alexander was 16years of age when his father marched. ALEXANDER THE GREAT against Byzantium, and left the govern-ment in his hands during his years afterward he displayed singu-lar courage at the battle of Chjeronea(338 B. c.), where he overthrew theSacred Band of the Thebans. The fatherand son quarreled, however, when theformer divorced Oljrmpias. Alexandertook part with his mother, and fled toEpirus, to escape his fathers vengeance;but, receiving his pardon soon afterward,he returned, and accompanied him in anexpedition against the Triballi, when hesaved his life on the field. Philip, beingappointed generalissimo of the Greeks,was preparing for a war with Persiawhen he was assassinated (336 B. c),and Alexander, not yet 20 years of age,ascended the throne. After punishinghis fathers murderers, he marched toCorinth and obtained command of theforces against Persia. On his return toMacedon, he found the I
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