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The Severan Julias - The Severan Women Named Julia

Behind some of the emperors of the Severan dynasty were women, 4 named Julia.

Julia Domna

Julia Domna who was born Syria in A.D. 170, married the future emperor Septimius Severus in 187.

Julia Maesa

Born in Emesa, in modern Syria, Julia Maesa was the sister-in-law of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus and the grandmother of the Emperor Elagabalus.

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