Julia Soaemias Bassiana (180 – 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218 to 222. She was one of his chief advisors, initially with the support and accompaniment of her mother Julia Maesa.She and her mother guided the young emperor until growing unrest and a family division led to her …

Geta was the younger son of Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna.He was born on 7 March in either Rome or Mediolanum, at a time when his father was only a provincial governor at the service of Emperor Commodus.In 198, Geta was raised to Caesar.Septimius Severus gave him the title of augustus in late 209.. During the campaign against the Britons in the early 3rd …

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.She wielded influence during the reigns of her grandsons as Augusta of the Empire from 218 to her death, …

Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander (1 October 208 – 21/22 March 235) was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 222 until 235.He was the last emperor from the Severan dynasty.He succeeded his slain cousin Elagabalus in 222. Alexander himself was eventually assassinated, and his death marked the beginning of the events of the Third Century Crisis, which included nearly fifty years …

Julia Domna (Latin: [ˈjuːli.a ˈdomna]; c. 160 – 217 AD) was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus.She was the first empress of the Severan dynasty.Domna was born in Emesa (present-day Homs) in Roman Syria to an Arab family of priests of the deity Elagabalus.In 187, she married Severus, who at the time was governor of the Roman province …

Sallustia Orbiana moglie di Alessandro Severo (225-227) Guerre e battaglie (193-235) Vedi anche: Storia delle campagne dell'esercito romano. La guerra civile romana (193-197) scoppiata in seguito alla morte di Pertinace (193), tra Didio Giuliano, Pescennio Nigro, …

Caracalla nacque a Lugdunum (l'odierna Lione, in Francia), nella Gallia Lugdunense, il 4 aprile del 188, figlio di Lucio Settimio Severo, di origini puniche e berbere per parte paterna e italiche per parte materna (la nonna paterna, Fulvia Pia, apparteneva alla gens Fulvia), governatore della provincia gallica al tempo della sua nascita e divenuto poi imperatore nel 193, e della siriaca …

Eliogabalo, nato nel 203 con il nome di Vario Avito Bassiano, era figlio di Sesto Vario Marcello e di Giulia Soemia, entrambi originari della città di Apamea in Siria. Suo padre era membro dell'ordine equestre e aveva fatto la carriera amministrativa a Roma sotto l'imperatore Settimio Severo, fondatore della dinastia dei Severi, e fu in seguito nominato senatore dal figlio e successore di ...

Severus Alexander (Arca Caesarea (het huidige Arqa in Noord-Libanon), 1 oktober 208 - nabij Mogontiacum (), maart 235) was van 13 maart 222 tot zijn dood keizer van Rome.De vaak in oudere literatuur gebruikte naam Alexander Severus is niet authentiek. Zijn oorspronkelijke naam was Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus.Vanaf juni 221 noemde hij zichzelf Marcus …