Emesene dynasty
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The Emesene dynasty, also called the Sampsigeramids or the Sampsigerami or the House of Sampsigeramus, were a Roman client dynasty of Arab priest-kings known to have ruled by 46 BC from Arethusa and l
Ash Shmemis castle, built by Sampsiceramus I
The Emesa temple to the sun god El-Gabal, with the holy stone, on the reverse of this 3rd-century AD bronze coin by Roman usurper Uranius Antoninus
The Tomb of Sampsigeramus, photographed 1907. Its builder Gaius Julius Sampsigeramus may have been a relative of the Emesan dynasty.
Arte Alhambra I
Julia Domna
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Julia Domna was Roman empress from 193 to 211 as the wife of Emperor Septimius Severus. She was the first empress of the Severan dynasty. Domna was born in Emesa in Roman Syria to an Arab family of pr
Emesene dynasty
…Emperor Antoninus Pius (138–161). Iamblichus, the famous Neoplatonist philosopher of the third century, was one of their descendants, as was empress Julia Domna, matriarch of the Severan dynasty. Most modern sources declare the family to be of Arab origin. Some members of the family such as Julius Bassianus…
Bust, Vatican Museums
Coin featuring Domna (IVLIA AVGVSTA).
Geta Dying in his Mother's Arms, Jacques-Augustin-Catherine Pajou, 1766–1828 (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)
Relief of Caracalla with Domna as Victoria, National Museum, Warsaw