Julia Soaemias

Reece Period attributed: Period 10

Member of the The Severans dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 218 until 222.

Julia Soaemias was the mother of Elagabalus, and did much of the administrative work during his short reign. Her lover, Gannys, had the idea of making Elagabalus emperor; Elagabalus had him executed shortly after his accession, probably because Gannys had too much personal ambition.

Julia Soaemias was killed along with her son by the Praetorian Guard in March 222.

Other resources about Julia Soaemias

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Julia_Soaemias
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Soaemias
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/57949252

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Julia Soaemias
• Full names:
  • Julia Soaemias
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• Definition: 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 son's replacement by her nephew Severus Alexander. Julia Soaemias was killed along with her son by the Praetorian Guard. Julia Soaemias was born and raised in Emesa, Syria and through her mother was related to the Royal family of Emesa, and through marriage, to the Severan dynasty of Ancient Rome.
• Parents:
  • Father: Julius Avitus
  • Mother: Julia Maesa
• Birth place: Emesa, Syria (Roman province)
• Death place: Rome, Italy
• Spouse:
  • Sextus Varius Marcellus
• Other title(s):
  • Augusta (honorific)
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• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • 3rd-century executions
  • 3rd-century Roman women
  • Executed ancient Roman women
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • Murdered Roman women
  • 3rd-century women rulers
  • 222 deaths
  • People of Arab descent
  • 180 births
  • Executed Syrian people
  • Julii
  • Severan dynasty
  • Emesene dynasty
  • 2nd-century Roman women