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- Julia Maesa (died c. 224) was the sister-in-law of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and an influential power in the government of the empire who managed to make two of her grandsons emperors.
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Julia Maesa (7 May before 160 AD – c. 224 AD) was a member of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire who was the grandmother of emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, elder sister of empress Julia Domna, and mother of Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea.
Julia Maesa (died c. 224) was the sister-in-law of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and an influential power in the government of the empire who managed to make two of her grandsons emperors.
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Julia Maesa was the daughter of a priest of the god Elagabalus, whose cult flourished at Emesa in Roman Syria (see Julia Domna). Her historical prominence, however, was due to the fact that her sister, Julia Domna, married Septimius Severus in 187, who thereafter reigned as Rome's emperor (193–211).
Julia Maesa (c.165-224): Roman empress, grandmother of the Roman emperors Heliogabalus (r. 218-222) and Severus Alexander (r. 222-235). Julia Maesa was born on 7 May of an unknown year. Because her first daughter was born in 180, and Roman girls typically married at the age of fifteen, Maesa may have been born in c.165 or a few years earlier.
Born in May sometime before 160 AD, Julia was the daughter of the High Priest of Elegabal, Julius Bassianus. A family of some renown in the area, Julia had a fortunate upbringing that likely...
Julia Maesa (7 May before 160 AD – c. 224 AD) was a member of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire who was the grandmother of emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, elder sister of empress Julia Domna, and mother of Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea.
Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias, and Julia Mammaea were empresses of the so-called Severan Dynasty who guided Rome through its last good days before the plague, civil war, barbarian attacks, and famine of the third-century crisis.
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