Constantine I – 309-337AD  Fausta – Wife Helena – Mother Crispus Caesar – 317-326AD Delmatius Caesar – 335-337AD Hanniballianus Rex – 335-337AD Constantine II – 337-340AD Constans – 337-350AD Constantius II – 337-361AD Magnentius – 350-353AD Decentius Caesar – 351-353AD Vetranio – 350AD Nepotian – 350AD Constantius Gallus – 351-354AD Julian II – 360-363AD

Claudius II Gothicus – 268-270AD  Domitianus – 268AD  Quintillus – 270AD  Aurelian – 270-275AD  Severina – Wife  Zenobla – Mother Vabalathus  Vabalathus – 271-272AD Tacitus – 275-276AD  Florianus – 276AD  Probus – 276-282AD  Bonosus – 280AD  Saturninus – 280AD  Carus – 282-283AD  Numerian – 283-284AD Carinus – 283-285AD  Magnia Urbica – Wife Nigrinian – Son […]

Postumus – 259-268AD  Laelianus – 268AD Marius – 268AD  Victorinus – 268AD  Tetricus I – 270-273AD  Tetricus II Caesar – 270-273AD

Maximinus I –235-238AD  Paulina – Wife Maximus Caesar  – 235-238AD Gordian I – 238AD  Gordian II – 238AD  Balbinus – 238AD  Pupienus – 238AD  Gordian III – 238-244AD  Tranquillina – Wife  Philip I – 244-249AD  Otacilia Severa – Wife Julius Marinus – Father  Philip II – 247-249AD  Pacatian – 248AD Jotapian – 248AD  Silbannacus – 249AD  Trajan […]

Julia Mamaea Mother Severus Alexander Daughter of Julia Maesa Julia Mamaea was the daughter of Julia Maesa. She was married to Gessius Marcianus – a Syrian knight. Julia gave birth to a son, Severus Alexander, who would become Emperor of Rome. Severus was raised to the rank of Caesar by cousin Elagabalus at the instigation of his […]

Sallustia Barbia Orbiana Wife of Severus Alexander Sallustia Barbia Orbiana was married to Emperor Severus Alexander in about 225 AD. Her mother-in-law, Julia Mamaea, proved to be a dominant and jealous woman who eventually saw Orbiana as a threat to her own influence and ordered her son to banish her to Africa following the execution […]

Severus Alexander 222-235 AD Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander was originally named Alexianus. He was born about 208 AD. Alexander was the son of Julia Mamaea and Gessius Marcianus. At the insistence of his grandmother, Julia Maesa, Alexander  was adopted by his cousin and was adopted by his cousin Elagabalus in 221 AD, making him the […]

Julia Maesa Grandmother of Elagabalus Died 225 AD Julia Maesa was the sister of Julia Domna and sister-in-law of Emperor Septimius Severus. Julia Maesa was married to Julius Avitus, a consular official of Syria, by whom she bore two daughters, Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, the mothers of the Emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, respectively. […]

Julia Soaemias Mother of Elagabalus Murdered with her son in 222 AD Julia Soaemias was the daughter of Julia Maesa and the mother of Elagabalus and the maternal cousin, of the Roman emperor Caracalla. Julia was indeed very much like her son in many ways particularly when it came to religion. Both Julia and Elagabalus were fanatically […]