Julia Avita Mamaea

Reece Period attributed: Period 11

Member of the The Severans dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 221 until 235.

Julia Mamaea was the mother of Alexander Severus. She drew resentment from Alexander for her high-handed management and the assumption of many honorific titles. She governed well, but never had the support of the army; she sent the black stone of Elagabalus back to Syria and reversed many of the excesses of the previous regime.

Alexander eventually married someone of Julia Mamaea’s choosing, but the mother then grew jealous of the empress and had her thrown out of the palace. She died in Germania with her son, when Maximinus was acclaimed Emperor by the troops and sent centurions to kill them both.

Other resources about Julia Avita Mamaea

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Julia_Avita_Mamaea
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Avita_Mamaea
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/75186187

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Julia Avita Mamaea
• Full names:
  • Julia Avita Mamaea
• Title:
• Predecessor: Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias
• Successor: Caecilia Paulina
• Definition: Julia Avita Mamaea or Julia Mamaea (14 or 29 August around 182 – 235) was a Syrian noble woman and member of the Severan dynasty. She was the mother of Roman emperor Alexander Severus and remained one of his chief advisors throughout his reign. She was killed in 235 by rebel soldiers alongside her son.
• Parents:
  • Father: Julius Avitus
  • Mother: Julia Maesa
• Birth place: Emesa, Syria (Roman province)
• Death place: Germania Superior
• Spouse:
  • Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus
• Other title(s):
  • Augusta (honorific)
• Came After:
• Came before:
• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Augustae
  • 2nd-century births
  • Julii
  • Executed ancient Roman women
  • People executed by the Roman Empire
  • Severan dynasty
  • 3rd-century women rulers
  • Year of birth uncertain
  • 3rd-century executions
  • 235 deaths
  • Murdered Roman women
  • Ancient Roman women in warfare
  • Emesene dynasty
  • 3rd-century Roman women
  • 2nd-century Roman women