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.
JuliaSoaemias Bassiana (180 – 11 March 222) was a Syrian noblewoman and the mother of Roman emperor Elagabalus, who ruled over the Roman Empire from 218...
Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, elder sister of empress Julia Domna, and mother of JuliaSoaemias and Julia Mamaea. She wielded influence during the reigns of...
emperor. Mamaea's mother Maesa and sister Soaemias organized a revolt against Macrinus to declare Soaemias' son, Varius Avitus Bassianus (Elagabalus)...
elevated to a senatorial position. JuliaSoaemias was a cousin of the emperor Caracalla, and there were rumors (which Soaemias later publicly supported) that...
Bassianus, and sister to Julia Maesa. Through Maesa and her husband Julius Avitus, Domna had two nieces: JuliaSoaemias and Julia Mamaea, the respective...
The dynasty's women, including Julia Domna, the mother of Caracalla and Geta, and her nieces JuliaSoaemias and Julia Mamaea, the mothers respectively...
Emperor Elagabalus. The latter had been murdered along with his mother JuliaSoaemias by his own guards, who, as a mark of contempt, had their remains cast...
March 11 – Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, JuliaSoaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are...
daughter Julia Maesa was married to a Syrian noble Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus and they had two daughters: JuliaSoaemias Bassiana and Julia Avita Mamaea...
Geta Julia Maesa, wife of the Syrian Roman politician Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus by whom had two daughters: JuliaSoaemias Bassiana and Julia Avita...
Sasanian Empire (d. 242) Johanan bar Nappaha, Jewish rabbi (d. 279) JuliaSoaemias, mother of Elagabalus (d. 222) Sima Fu, Chinese prince and statesman...
also the site of the slaying of the Emperor Elagabalus, and his mother JuliaSoaemias by the Praetorians in 222 AD. Then in 238 AD, the barracks were attacked...
Aelia Domitia Paulina, Julia Serviana Paulina, female relatives of Emperor Hadrian Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus Julia Livia (1st century), granddaughter...
Julia Aquilia Severa (d. after 222) was the second and fourth wife of Roman emperor Elagabalus. She was the daughter of Gaius Julius Severus. Severa was...
along the southern desert frontier of the empire. With his second wife Julia Domna Severus had two sons; the elder, Caracalla, was proclaimed Augustus...
accrued over the course of twenty years. She took her children, JuliaSoaemias and Julia Mamaea, and grandchildren, including Elagabalus, with her to Emesa...
Severan dynasty, the elder son of Emperor Septimius Severus and Empress Julia Domna. Proclaimed co-ruler by his father in 198, he reigned jointly with...
grandmother and mother (JuliaSoaemias). Seeing that her grandson's outrageous behaviour could mean the loss of power, Julia Maesa persuaded Elagabalus...
Julia Cornelia Paula (lived 3rd century AD) was a distinguished Roman noblewoman who became Empress of Rome as the first wife of the Roman emperor Elagabalus...
daughters to Alexianus who were born and raised in Syria: JuliaSoaemias Bassiana (c. 180–222) Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180–235) Among his grandchildren were...
and mother of Licinius II Sextus Varius Marcellus – was the spouse of JuliaSoaemias, he was also praefectus of the military treasury and governor of Numedia...
captured in multiple works of art. Possibly a victim of the jealousy of Julia Mamaea, the emperor's mother, Orbiana was divorced and exiled to Libya in...
Septimius Severus, honoring him and his family, including his wife, Empress Julia Domna, Caracalla, Plautilla and her brother-in-law Publius Septimius Geta...
193–211 Julia Domna 160–217 Julia Maesa 165–224 Macrinus 165–218 r. 217–218 Caracalla 188–217 r. 211–217 Geta 189–211 r. 211 JuliaSoaemias 180–222 Julia Avita...
Julia Domna was the mother of Caracalla, though this is now disregarded and thought to be linked to their claims that Julia married Caracalla. Julia Domna...
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