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<p>[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2796698, member: 57495"]Not much is known about Aquilia Severa, but she's intriguing for being the Vestal Virgin whom Elagabalus decided to marry. The marriage, which the loony bin emperor intended as a representation of the union of the Syriac Sun god El-Gabal and the Roman goddess Vesta, did not last long... the conservative Romans were scandalized, and the emperor's grandmother Julia Maesa forced him to divorce his wife. After another short-lived marriage, he married her again. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]650796[/ATTACH]<b>AQUILIA SEVERA</b></p><p><b>2nd and 4th wife of Elagabalus</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 2.93g, 20mm. Rome mint, AD 220-222. RIC 226. O: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; lit altar to left; star in right field.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="zumbly, post: 2796698, member: 57495"]Not much is known about Aquilia Severa, but she's intriguing for being the Vestal Virgin whom Elagabalus decided to marry. The marriage, which the loony bin emperor intended as a representation of the union of the Syriac Sun god El-Gabal and the Roman goddess Vesta, did not last long... the conservative Romans were scandalized, and the emperor's grandmother Julia Maesa forced him to divorce his wife. After another short-lived marriage, he married her again. [ATTACH=full]650796[/ATTACH][B]AQUILIA SEVERA 2nd and 4th wife of Elagabalus[/B] AR Denarius. 2.93g, 20mm. Rome mint, AD 220-222. RIC 226. O: IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust right. R: CONCORDIA, Concordia standing left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; lit altar to left; star in right field.[/QUOTE]
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