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.
Read more about this topic: Julia Avita Mamaea
Famous quotes containing the words marriages and/or children:
“Some marriages depend on domestic arguments the way the courts depend on litigation.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“One of the most significant effects of age-segregation in our society has been the isolation of children from the world of work. Whereas in the past children not only saw what their parents did for a living but even shared substantially in the task, many children nowadays have only a vague notion of the nature of the parent’s job, and have had little or no opportunity to observe the parent, or for that matter any other adult, when he is fully engaged in his work.”
—Urie Bronfenbrenner (b. 1917)