Moneta julia domna biography
Moneta julia domna biography
Woman of History: Julia Domna - Uplifting Syrian Women...
Julia Domna,
wife of Septimus Severus
The Syrian Empress who became a Roman queen
Julia Domna ( AD): The daughter of Iulius Bassianus, priest of Elagabulus and Baal, Julia Domna was born in Syria in AD.
She became the wife of a future emperor almost by accident, when a fortune teller told her that she would one day marry a king.
Rumour of this reached the widowed senator Septimus Severus and, as the Romans were deeply superstitious, he sought her for his future wife.
At the age of 16, she married the future emperor in AD. She soon became a firm favourite with Severus, as she had everything a future emperor could want in a wife looks, charm, wit, intelligence - and a cunning that would befit any member of the Roman political arena.
She was not just a figure beside Severus, she was also a empress who helped her husband administer the empire fro AD.
When he was away on business, she virtually ran the whole show with her sister, Julia Maesa. Always ready to take in mor