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
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
Julia Maesa
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Julia Maesa was a member of the Severan dynasty of the Roman Empire who was the grandmother of emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander, elder sister of empress Julia Domna, and mother of Julia Soaem
Julia Domna
…Antakya, Turkey). There she killed herself in 217, upon hearing of Caracalla's assassination and the Severan dynasty's loss of power. Her older sister Julia Maesa restored the family's imperial status in 218. Julia Domna was born in Emesa (modern day Homs) in Syria around 160 AD to an Arab family that was part…
Roman empress Julia Domna, Maesa's sister, committed suicide after the murder of her son Caracalla.
Head of Julia Meza, silver, National History Museum, Sofia
Head of Elagabalus
Bust of Severus Alexander