Sesostris
A celebrated king of Egypt, who lived long prior to the Trojan war. He was ambitious of military fame, and achieved many conquests. On his return from his victories he employed himself in encouraging the fine arts. He destroyed himself after a reign of forty-four years.
Sestus (Ialova). A town in Thrace, situated at the narrowest part of the Hellespont, opposite Abydos in Asia, from which it was only seven stadia distant. It was founded by the Aeolians. It was celebrated in Grecian poetry on account of the loves of Leander and Hero, and in history on account of the bridge of boats which Xerxes here built across the Hellespont.
Severus, Lucius Septimius. A Roman emperor, born in Africa, noticeable for his ambition.
He invaded Britain, and built a wall in the north as a check to the incursions of the Caledonians. He died at York in the 211th year of the Christian era.
Severus, M. Aurelius Alexander. A Roman emperor who reigned A. D. 222-235, the son of Gessius Marcianus and Julia Mamaea, and first cousin of Elagabalus, born at Arce, in Phoenicia, the 1st of October, A. D. 205. In 221 he was adopted by Elagabalus, and made Caesar; and on the death of Elagabalus, on the 11th of March, A. D. 222, Alexander ascended the throne. Alexander Severus was distinguished by justice, wisdom, and clemency in all public transactions, and by the simplicity and purity of his private life.
Sextius or Sestius, P. Quaestor in B. c. 63, and tribune of the plebs in 57. He was defended by Cicero in an oration still extant, and was acquitted on the 14th of March, chiefly in consequence of the powerful influence of Pompey.