Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus

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Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus also known as Gessius Marcianus

Syrian Roman aristocrat. He was the second husband of Julia Avita Mamaea and step-father of the future emperor Severus Alexander
.

Early life

Little is known about the origins of Marcianus. He was an

Equestrian officer[2] who became a Promagistrate.[3] No further details are known of the political career of Marcianus.[1]

Family

Publius Septimius Geta, she was also the maternal aunt to Roman emperor Elagabalus.[2] The marriage of Marcianus and Mamaea may have strengthened Septimius Severus' power base in the Roman Eastern provinces.[2] He and Mamaea may have had a son named Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus.[5] The Historia Augusta also mentions a sister of Severus Alexander named Theoclia who was of marriageable age during Alexanders reign.[6]

Death

He was murdered on the orders of Roman emperor

Syria
alongside an unnamed daughter and son-in-law.

Severan dynasty family tree

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p. 222
  2. ^ a b c d "Julia Avita Mamaea's article at Livius.org". Archived from the original on 2014-11-23. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
  3. ^ Alexander Severus (A.D. 222–235) - De Imperatoribus Romanis by H.W. Benario
  4. ^ Robert Lee Cleve: Severus Alexander and the Severan Women, Los Angeles 1982, pp. 90.
  5. ^ Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, pp. 217, 222
  6. Augustan History
    , The Two Maximini, 29

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