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Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus [1] [2] (died 217 [2]) was a Roman nobleman of Syria who had an impressive military and political career. Background and career. Although Alexianus was a Roman citizen who was born and raised in Emesa (modern Homs, Syria ), little is known on his origins. It has been assumed that Alexianus was born in c. 155. [3] .
Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus. 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.
The Emesene (or Emesan) dynasty, also called the Sampsigeramids or the Sampsigerami or the House of Sampsigeramus (Arabic: آل شمسيغرام, romanized: ʾĀl Šamsīġirām), were a Roman client dynasty of Syrian priest-kings known to have ruled by 46 BC from Arethusa and later from Emesa, Syria, until between 72 and 78/79, or at the latest the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius (138–161).
Julia Avita Mamaea was the second daughter of Julia Maesa, a powerful Roman woman of Syrian origin, and Syrian noble Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus. She was a niece of empress Julia Domna, emperor Lucius Septimius Severus, and sister of Julia Soaemias Bassiana.
Dec 30, 2023 · He was the son of Gaius Julius Alexion, the priest-king of Emesa, and the nephew of Julius Agrippa, a man of some wealth and renown in Roman society.
Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus (died 217) was a Syrian nobleman who had an impressive Roman military and political career.
Apr 4, 2022 · Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus (died 217) was a Syrian nobleman who had an impressive Roman military and political career.
