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Ulpia Severina, también conocida simplemente como Severina, fue emperatriz romana consorte, esposa del emperador Aureliano desde c. 270 a 275. Severina no es mencionada en las fuentes literarias sobrevivientes y solo se la conoce por acuñaciones numismáticas e inscripciones, por lo que se sabe muy poco sobre ella.
Ulpia Severina was Roman empress as the wife of Roman emperor Aurelian from c. 270 to 275. Severina is unmentioned in surviving literary sources and known only from coinage and inscriptions and as a result, very little is known about her.
Overview. Authors: Margherita Cassia. Considers the life of Ulpia Severina, wife of Aurelian. Uses little-known epigraphic sources, alongside the better known literary and numismatic record. Sheds light on third-century Roman politics.
Ulpia Severina was the emperor Aurelian's (q.v.) wife; little is known about her. She became Augusta late in his reign (274), and her coinage continued well after the death of her husband. She probably retired into private life after some sort of interregnum before the reign of Tacitus (q.v.).
Ulpia Severina fue una emperatriz romana consorte, esposa del emperador Aureliano y la única emperatriz que gobernó por sí sola el Imperio romano por derecho propio. Con Aureliano tuvo una hija. Se sabe muy poco sobre ella, pues no hay fuentes literarias que mencionen su existencia.
28 de may. de 2024 · Step into the reign of Ulpia Severina, the empress regnant who assumed power in the Roman Empire in 275 CE. Following the death of her husband, Emperor Aurelian, Severina faced the daunting...
25 de feb. de 2021 · Ulpia Severina (r. 270-275) was the wife of Aurelian and may have ruled briefly after him, making her a rare occurrence of a Roman empress who ruled alone. Based partly on coin portraits of Ulpia Severina, as well as a gender-shifted bust of her husband, Aurelian (270-275).
