Julia Soaemias was the mother of the emperor Elagabalus, a member of the powerful Emesan dynasty along with Julia Mamaea, Julia Maesa and Julia Domna. She helped orchestrate Elagabalus s rise to power and sadly shared his fate, when his unpopular eastern religious practices and sexual perversions, stirred up discontent. She and her son were killed by the Praetorian Guard and suffered the eternal shame of damnatio memoriae, their names and images erased from all records or places they were displayed.
Julia Maesa was a very powerful and influential figure in the Severan dynasty. She was the sister of Julia Domna and brother in law to her husband, Septimius Severus. Her father was Gaius Julius...
The fate of an emperor s spouse was ultimately tied to the fortunes of her husband, father-in-law and sons. With the capture of her father-in-law, Valerian, by the Persians, the army on the Rine...
Otacilia Severa was the empress of Rome and wife of the emperor Philip the Arab, who reigned over the Roman Empire from 244 to 249 CE. She was a member of the ancient noble Otacilia family, of...
Decius, was the first of many Illyrian or Barracks emperors to come, originating from the modern day former Yugoslavia, especially Serbia. Decius was a distinguished senator who had served as a...
Fulvia Plautilla was a Roman noblewoman married to emperor Caracalla. Apparently the marriage was short and deeply unhappy, likely never consumated, and ended when Caracalla accused Plautilla's...
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