Longer Reign for Ulpia Severina?

FrozenMix

Banned
The only known Roman Empress to rule in her own right before the fall of Rome was Ulpia Severina, who was the wife of Aurelian. This was for a very short amount of time, and only seems to have been a transition to Tacitus taking over.

But is there a way to lengthen her reign? There is little known about her, but it seems, as a wife of Aurelian, who he was presumed to have married in the late 260s with the intent of producing an heir, she was likely reasonably young and likely capable.

Basically, what could cause her to be accepted as ruling empress for a longer period of time? She was known to have had a daughter with Aurelian, so maybe that comes into effect.

Any thoughts?
 

FrozenMix

Banned
For my own thoughts on the matter, I think that her status as mother of the camp might just keep the coup-happy army from deposing her provided she treats the soldiers well. However, getting the Senate to go along with it might be harder to manage.

It would be interesting to see how she deals with Christianity. There is not much to go on to think she would try to repeat the crimes of Decius or pull the stunts that Diocletian did, but Christianity seemed to be reaching a tipping point where emperors had to take a position on it.
 
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