Marriages and Children
Julia's first husband was a former consul (whose name is unknown) who died. Julia married as her second husband Syrian Promagistrate Marcus Julius Gessius Marcianus.
Julia bore two children during her marriage to Marcianus, a daughter Theoclia (little is known of her) and a son, Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus, later emperor Severus Alexander. Unlike her sister, Julia Mamaea was reported to be a virtuous woman, never involved in scandals.
Julia was attentive to the education of her son, Alexander, who she prepared adequately for becoming emperor of Rome. Severus thought much of his mother's advice and followed what she told him to do.
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