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Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus (died 217) was a Roman nobleman of Syria who had an impressive military and political career.
Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus (c.155-217): Roman nobleman, husband of the Syrian princess Julia Maesa, father of Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, grandfather of the emperors Heliogabalus (218-222) and Severus Alexander (222-235). Portrait of a Roman, c.190-210 CE.
After this, Alexianus' career, obstructed by Plautianus, came to a standstill, to be resumed after 208. He was governor in several provinces; it is not known whether Maesa followed him to Dalmatia, Asia, and Cyprus, where he died in 216 or 217. Bust of Macrinus
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Julia Avita Mamaea or Julia Mamaea (14 or 29 August around 182 [1] – March 21/22 235) was a Christian Syrian noble woman and member of the Severan dynasty. She was the mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus and remained one of his chief advisors throughout his reign. She was killed in 235 by rebel soldiers alongside her son. Family.
Julia Soaemias (c.180-222): empress of the Roman empire, mother of Heliogabalus (emperor 218-222). Julia Soaemias was born in Apamea in Syria as the first daughter of Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus and Julia Maesa; she was the elder sister of Julia Mamaea.
Avitus died of natural causes (that is, of disease in old age) sometime before the death of Caracalla, having served two emperors loyally and competently. Important as she was to her husband's career, Maesa's historical significance multiplied many-fold after his death.
Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus came from the Syrian Emesa. He was connected with the Severan dynasty directly through his wife, Julia Maesa, a sister of Julia Domna, who was the wife of Septimius Severus. Their daughter, Julia Soaemias, married Varius...
