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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lrbguy, post: 3081702, member: 88829&quot;]Moving a little further in the Severan dynasty and its immediate aftermath, but looking only at mothers:</p><p><br /></p><p>Julia Maesa was the sister of Julia Domna and the mother of two daughters who became Empresses:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776177[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The first daughter of Julia Maesa to become an Augusta was Julia Soemias, mother of Elagabalus:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776178[/ATTACH]</p><p>Disgusted by the dereliction of Soemias and son, Maesa arranged for the elimination of her grandson Elagabalus and his mother.&nbsp; Then she militated for the elevation of another grandson, Severus Alexander, and his mother Julia Mamaea.&nbsp; This coin celebrates her &quot;fecundity&quot; as imperial mother:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776179[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Severus Alexander and his mother were eliminated by Maximinus Thrax bringing to an end the Severan dynasty.&nbsp; Paulina, the wife of Maximinus apparently did not live to see him elevated to the throne, but had born him a son, Maximus who was made Caesar under his father.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776180[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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