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Julia Domna, Roman Empress (170 - 217)

Wife of Septimius Severus, mother of emperors Caracalla and Geta, and prominent political force in her own right. Given the title Pia Felix Augusta after Severus' death Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-3375?rskey=dJ8m9m&result=10 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Domna Relationships: Julia Domna was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Clodius Albinus (150-197)
Julia Domna was a sister of Julia Maesa (c. 165-c. 224)
Julia Domna was a wife of Septimius Severus (11 Apr 145-4 Feb 211)

Caracalla (04 Apr 188-08 Apr 217) was a son of Julia Domna
Publius Septimius Geta (07 Mar 189-26 Dec 211) was a son of Julia Domna
Julia Avita Mamaea (after 180-Mar 235) was a relative of Julia Domna
References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Julia Domna, wife of Septimus Severus. Chastity, represented by a figure. Silver gilt.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Julia Domna. Standing figure, sacrificing at an altar.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Julia Domna. Robed figure, with a torch.
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Julia Domna. Juno with a dish in her right hand and a spear in her left; at her feet a peacock.
18th-c coin catalogue (Canterbury Cathedral Lit MS E 16d)
164 Head of Iulia Wife of Severus. IVLIA AVGVSTA Reverse a Female Figure standing in its Right Hand a Palm Brach on its Left Arm a Cornucopia S.C. HILARITAS. Bargrave
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 45 Sept. Severus 8, Julia Domna 5, Caracalla 13, vide N° 487 to 494, 496 to 513 25
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 105 Augustus, Tiberius, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Ælius, Antonius, Faustina, Verus, Caracalla, and Domna" ref="358">Julia Pia 25
Sale Catalogue of Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1764) 106 Vespasian, Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus, Faustina, Aurelius, Verus, Caracalla, Geta, S. Severus, and Domna" ref="358">Julia Domna 26