Julius Bassianus (probable)

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Syrian aristocrat high priest human

Julius Bassianus was a Syrian high priest of the sun god Elagabal and a prominent member of the Emesene aristocracy, known chiefly as the maternal grandfather of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Julius Bassianus	2
Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Syrian aristocrat ⓘ high priest ⓘ human ⓘ
associatedWith	Severan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Julia Domna NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Maesa NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Mamaea NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ
culture	Emesene NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Syrian ⓘ
grandchild	Alexander Severus NERFINISHED ⓘ Elagabalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	Aramaic ⓘ Greek ⓘ
memberOf	Emesene aristocracy NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being maternal grandfather of Roman emperor Alexander Severus ⓘ being maternal grandfather of Roman emperor Elagabalus ⓘ
partOf	Emesene priestly dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Emesa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Emesa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	high priest of the sun god Elagabal ⓘ
religion	cult of Elagabal NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousCenter	Temple of Elagabal at Emesa NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence	Emesa NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
timePeriod	2nd century ⓘ early 3rd century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julia Maesa → father → Julius Bassianus (probable) ⓘ

Julia Soaemias → maternalGrandfather → Julius Bassianus (probable) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Julius Bassianus

Julia Domna → father → Julius Bassianus (probable) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Julius Bassianus

Severus Alexander → birthName → Julius Bassianus (probable) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marcus Julius Gessius Bassianus Alexianus