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Diva Marciana, AR denarius. Struck 112 AD. 2.89 g. DIVA AVGVSTA MARCIANA, diademed and draped bust right, hair in elaborate Trajanic style / EX SENATVS CONSVLTO, Marciana as Ceres in carriage left, drawn by two elephants with mahouts. RIC 747; BMC 655; RSC 12; Sear 3331. Text. Image. RIC 748. Sear5 #3332.
Paccia Marciana (1) Septimius Severus (r. 193–211) Julia Domna (2) Julia Maesa: Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus: Gaius Septimius Severus Aper: Fulvia Plautilla: Caracalla (r. 197–217) Geta (r. 209–211) Julia Soaemias: Sextus Varius Marcellus: Julia Avita Mamaea: Unknown (2) Julia Cornelia Paula (1) Aquilia Severa (2 and 4) Elagabalus (r ...
In 175, Severus married Paccia Marciana, who was also a native of North Africa. Marciana died in 186, and Severus found a new wife in 187, named Julia Domna. Julia, whose father was a priest of the sun god, Elagabal, was from a wealthy family in modern-day Syria.
Jul 19, 2023 · Caracalla’s reign (211-217 CE) inspired fear, outrage, and scorn in equal measure, according to the literary sources. However, one of the most striking eccentricities of the Roman emperor’s reign was his apparent obsession with Alexander the Great. Whereas other emperors had, for better or worse, compared themselves to their predecessors ...
Mar 18, 2021 · His first wife Paccia Marciana also came from the same city of Leptis Magna, and their marriage lasted for over ten years, until she suddenly died in 186 of natural causes. Septimius Severus was a believer in the art of astrology and took great care to follow any portents and omens from the spirit world.
marriage: ♀ Paccia Marciana. marriage: ♀ Julia Domna (Bassina) title: between 4 April 193 and 4 February 211, Emperor of Rome. death: 4 February 211, Eboracum, Brittania. ♀ Paccia Marciana. birth: Leptis Magna. nationality: Punic. marriage: ♂ Lucius Septimius Severus (Pertinax)
Apr 26, 2013 · Little is known about his early background or career, but Severus became quaestor of Rome around 169 A.D. Shortly after becoming quaestor he married Paccia Marciana his first wife of 10 years, she was African as well; a few years later she died, childless. After her death, he married Julia Domna, from a prominent Syrian family.
