Английская Википедия:Aquilia Severa
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Julia Aquilia Severa (d. after 222) was the second and fourth wife of Roman emperor Elagabalus. She was the daughter of Quintus Aquilius.Шаблон:Citation needed The praenomen of "Julia" was given to her after becoming an empress.Шаблон:Citation needed
Life
Severa was a Vestal Virgin and, as such, her marriage to Elagabalus in late 220 was the cause of enormous controversy – traditionally, the punishment for breaking the thirty-year vow of celibacy was death by being buried alive.[1] Elagabalus is believed to have had religious reasons for marrying Severa – she herself was a follower of the eastern sun god El-Gabal, and when marrying herself to Severa, she also conducted a symbolic marriage of her god to Vesta.[2]
Both these marriages were revoked shortly afterwards, however. This was possibly on the urging of Julia Maesa, the grandmother who had engineered Elagabalus' rise to the imperial throne. Elagabalus then married Annia Faustina, a more generally acceptable choice to the senatorial elite. Within a short time, however, Elagabalus had divorced Faustina and returned to living with Severa, claiming that the original divorce was invalid. It is believed that Severa remained with Elagabalus until the emperor's assassination in 222. The two are not believed to have had any children.
Severa's own opinions about the entire affair are not very well recorded. She was forced to marry against her will, and others go further, alleging rape.[3] It is claimed by some historians,Шаблон:Weasel inline however, that many stories about Elagabalus have been exaggerated by her enemies, and so there is no certainty about what actually happened. It is unclear whether Elagabalus had any real feelings towards Severa, or whether she was more concerned with the symbolism of the marriage. Elagabalus also had relationships with men, and the historian Cassius Dio claims that Elagabalus had a more stable relationship with her chariot driver, Hierocles, than with any of her wives.Шаблон:Citation needed
Her fate after Elagabalus's assassination is unknown.[4]Шаблон:Better source needed
Severan dynasty family tree
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Notes
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- ↑ Plutarch, Parallel Lives, Life of Numa Pompilius, 10
- ↑ Cassius Dio, Roman History LXXX.9
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Aquilia Severa, CNG
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