Lucius Seius Herennius Sallustius (died 227 AD) was a

Roman usurper Roman usurpers were individuals or groups of individuals who obtained or tried to obtain power by force and without legitimate legal authority. Usurpation was endemic during the Roman imperial era, especially from the crisis of the third cent ...

in 227. He was a son of Seius (b. ca 155) and his wife Herennia Orbiana (b. ca 160), and paternal grandson of Publius Seius Fuscianus. Sallustius was father-in-law to

Severus Alexander Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235. He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty. He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself wa ...

and was raised to the rank of

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probably when his daughter,

Sallustia Orbiana Gnaea Seia Herennia Sallustia Barbia Orbiana (fl. 220s), usually known as Sallustia Orbiana, was a third century Roman empress, with the title of '' Augusta'' as the wife of Severus Alexander from AD 225 to 227. The emperor married her in late ...

, was wed to the emperor in 225. He made an attempt on the life of his son-in-law and as a result was executed two years later. His daughter was banished to

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References

Benario, Herbert W., "Alexander Severus (A.D. 222-235)", ''De Imperatoribus Romanis''
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Herodian Herodian or Herodianus ( el, Ἡρωδιανός) of Syria, sometimes referred to as "Herodian of Antioch" (c. 170 – c. 240), was a minor Roman civil servant who wrote a colourful history in Greek titled ''History of the Empire from the Death o ...

6.1.9-10 227 deaths Crisis of the Third Century 3rd-century Roman usurpers Year of birth unknown Sallustii Seii (Romans) {{AncientRome-bio-stub