Julia Soaemias. Augusta
Rome 218-222 CE
AR Denarius 19mm, 2,59g
180 CE

Birth of Julia Soaemias to Julia Maesa.

204 CE

Birth of Elagabalus to Julia Soaemias and Sextus VariusMarcellus.

215 CE

Death of the husband of Julia Soaemias and the father of Elagabalus.

217 CE
April 11

Macrinus is proclaimed emperor and exiles Julia Maesa, her daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Mamaea, and her grandson Elagabalus.

218 CE
April

Julia Maesa deliberately spreads a rumor that her grandson Elagabalus is the son of Caracalla after an illicit relationship between Caracalla and his mother Julia Soaemias.

222 CE
March 11

Elagabalus and his mother Julia Soaemias are assassinated by the Praetorian Guard in Rome. Following Elagabalus’s death, Aquilia Severa disappears from the historical record. Severus Alexander becomes Emperor, while Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea remain very powerful.