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Biography of The Julias of RomeName: The Julias of RomeBirth Date: N/A Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Syria Nationality: Roman (ancient) Gender: Female Occupations: empresses The Julias of Rome Julia Domna, Julia Maesa, Julia Soaemias, and Julia Mammaea were empresses of the so-called Severan Dynasty who guided Rome through its last good days before the plague, civil war, barbarian attacks, and famine of the third-century crisis. Julia Domna was the wife of ruler Serevus and was considered an intellect in her time. Her influence became more prominent after her husband's death, during her son's reign.While Julia Domna spent much of her husband's reign in political eclipse, her influence was felt again during her son's regime. Her sister Julia Maesa revived the Severan dynasty by taking the ruthless actions necessary to place first one grandson and then another on the throne. Her actions staved off the type of civil war that would nearly destroy Rome a generation later, brought Roman jurisprudence to its height, and completed the integration of the eastern and western parts of the Mediterranean world, thereby …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…it would be untrue, however, to call it an unhappy one. The dynasty was not responsible for the revival of a brilliantly led Persian Empire, nor for the mass movement of peoples out of central Asia which was just starting to drive the German tribes into the Rhine and Danube frontiers. Subsequent centuries showed that men with military experience were often defeated by these intractable problems. The Julias left Rome's greatest legacy to Europe: classical Roman law of the golden age of Papinian and Ulpian. Further Reading Balsdon, J. P. V. D. Roman Women. Barnes and Noble, 1962.Birley, Anthony R. Septimius Severus: The African Emperor. Yale University Press, 1972.Cleve, Robert L. "Some Male Relatives of the Severan Women," in Historia. Vol. 37, 1988.Turton, Godfrey. The Syrian Princesses. Cassell, 1974.Dio Cassius. Dio's Roman History. Vol. IX, Putnam, 1927.Herodian. Vols. I-II. Harvard University Press, 1969.The Scriptores Historiae Augustae. Vols. I-II. Harvard University Press, 1959. |