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Dynasty. Emesene and Severan. Father. Julius Bassianus. 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. Julia was the daughter of the hereditary high priest Bassianus at Emesa in Syria (Maesa was her Syrian name), and she married a Roman senator, Gaius ...
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Julia Maesa was the grandmother of the emperors Heliogabalus and Severus Alexander, and the sister of Septimius Severus. She played a key role in the civil war that made her grandson emperor in 218, and influenced his religious and political policies.
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Julia Maesa was a Syrian woman who rose to power as the sister of Julia Domna, the wife of Septimius Severus, and the mother of Elagabalus. She played a key role in the rise and fall of Elagabalus, the emperor who introduced the cult of Elagabalus to Rome.
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 was a sister of Julia Domna, the wife of emperor Septimius Severus. She played a key role in the Severan Dynasty by securing the throne for her grandsons Caracalla and Geta.
Julia Maesa was a Syrian-born noblewoman who influenced the imperial government of Rome in the 3rd century. She plotted to put her grandsons on the throne and was a powerful figure until her death around 226.