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Julia Soaemias Antoninianus NGC Certified Slab

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Julia Soaemias was the mother of the emperor Elagabalus, a member of the powerful Emesan dynasty along with Julia Mamaea, Julia Maesa and Julia Domna. She helped orchestrate Elagabalus’s rise to power and sadly shared his fate, when his unpopular eastern religious practices and sexual perversions, stirred up discontent. She and her son were killed by the Praetorian Guard and suffered the eternal shame of damnatio memoriae, their names and images erased from all records or places they were displayed.

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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.