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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 (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.
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.
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.
Her father was Julius Bassianus, the high priest of the sun god Elagabal of Emesa, a holy city in Syria (modern Homs). Maesa married to a Roman knight named Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus . The couple had two daughters, Julia Soaemias (born c.180) and Julia Mamaea , who was a bit younger.
Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus [1] [2] (died 217 [2]) was a Syrian nobleman who had an impressive Roman military and political career. Contents. Background and career; Marriage and issue; Severan dynasty family tree; References; Sources; Background and career
Alexianus started his military-political career as an equestrian in his early twenties, as a praefectus of one of the six Petraeorum cohorts that were, except for one, situated in Syria and Palaestina.
