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Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus also known as Gessius Marcianus (flourished second half of the 2nd century and first half of the 3rd century, died 218) was a Syrian Roman aristocrat. He was the second husband of Julia Avita Mamaea and step-father of the future emperor Severus Alexander.
Apr 30, 2022 · Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus also known as Gessius Marcianus (flourished second half of the 2nd century & first half of the 3rd century, died 218) was a Syrian Roman Aristocrat. Background. Little is known on the origins of Marcianus. He originally came from Arca Caesarea (modern Arqa, Lebanon).
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Oct 28, 2013 · Marcus Julius Gessius Alexianus (Alexander Severus) was born in the Phoenician city of Caesarea in 208 CE (no exact date is known) to Gessius Marcianus and Julia Avita Mamaea, niece of Julia Domna - second wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. Historian Herodian wrote that Alexianus was actually named after the Macedonian king Alexander the Great.
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Jul 31, 2020 · (AD 208 – AD 235) Marcus Julius Gessius Alexianus was born in AD 208 in Caesarea (sub Libano) in Phoenicia. He was the son of Gessius Marcianus and Julia Avita Mamaea, daughter of Julia Maesa. Just like his cousin Elagabalus, Alexander had inherited the priesthood of the Syrian sun god El-Gabaal.
Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus, procurator, possibly in Syria, in the latter part of the second century, and perhaps the early part of the third; he was possibly the father, or more likely step-fater of emperor Severus Alexander. He was put to death on the orders of Macrinus in 218.
She then married her second husband, a Syrian promagistrate named Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus from Arca Caesarea ( Arqa in Lebanon). She may have had a son named Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus [3] and a daughter named Theoclia with him. When her cousin, emperor Caracalla, was killed near Carrhae, Macrinus proclaimed himself emperor.
Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus (?-218 CE) (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 79.30 & 79.33-34) Children: Severus Alexander (son by Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus) (Cassius Dio, Roman History, 79.30) Death: Julia Mamaea was killed by rebellious soldiers in March 235 CE. (Historia Augusta, Life of Severus Alexander, 60)
