Gaius Julius Bassianus High Priest of the Temple of El Gabal

• Preferred Name: Gaius Julius Bassianus High Priest of the Temple of El Gabal^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Religion: High Priest of El Gabalus (the Temple of the Sun)BET 187 AND 217 in Emesa, Roman Syria at LATI: N4.7333 LONG: E6.7167
  
• Death: 217
  
• Birth: ABT 145 with note: As his Father Julius has a birthdate of abt 120 and his daughter has a birthdate of 165 his birthdate must be around 0143.
  
• FSID: L5V2-NQK
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  From Wikipedia-
  Julius Bassianus (born in the second half of the 2nd century, died 217) was an Arab high priest of Elagabalus at the Temple of the Sun in Emesa, Syria, where this solar deity was worshipped in a shape of a black stone. The name Elagabalus derives from Ilāh (a Semitic word for "god") and gabal (an Arabic word for "mountain"), resulting in "the God of the Mountain," the Emesene manifestation of the deity. Bassianus was a member of the Royal family of Emesa (modern Homs), which was a part of the Arab aristocracy in this client kingdom of the Roman Empire. The beginning of his priesthood is unknown, but by 187 he was a high priest at Emesa. Bassianus was a son of a Julius and his paternal uncle was Julius Agrippa, who served as a Primipilaris (a former leading Centurion).
  
  Future emperor Lucius Septimius Severus had visited Emesa, based on a promising horoscope that he would find his future wife in Syria. Bassianus introduced Severus to his two daughters. Bassianus' wife is unknown. His elder daughter Julia Maesa was married to a Syrian noble Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus and they had two daughters: Julia Soaemias Bassiana and Julia Avita Mamaea. Severus and Domna married not so long after. Domna bore Severus two sons, Lucius Septimius Bassianus (Caracalla, 4 April 188-8 April 217) and Publius Septimius Geta (7 March 189-19 December 211). Caracalla and Geta would become future Roman Emperors and heirs to their father. After Caracalla's death, Julia Maesa's grandson became emperor, Elagabalus, whom she prevailed to adopt another grandson, the son of Julia Avita Mamaea, who took the name Alexander Severus and eventually became emperor himself. Julius Bassianus is a possible descendant of Gaius Julius Alexion.

1. Julia Maesa of Emesa, b. MAY 165 in Emesa, Roman Syria     d. 3 AUG 226

1. Title: Wikipedia - Royal Family of Emesa
   Author: Sources H. Temporini & W. Haase, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: Geschichte und Kultur Roms im spiegel der neueren Forschung, Walter de Gruyter, 1977 R. Morkot, The Penguin Historical Altas of Ancient Greece, Penguin Group, 1996 D.W. Roller, The Building Program of Herod the Great, University of California Press, 1998 A.R. Birley, Septimius Severus: the African emperor, Routledge, 1999 W. Ball, Rome in the East: The Transformation of the an Empire, Routledge, 2000 C. Settipani, Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l’époque imperial, Oxford, 2000 Microsoft Encarta Encyclopaedia - 2002 Edition B. Levick, Julia Domna, Syrian Empress, Taylor & Francis, 2007 Royal Egyptian Genealogy: Ptolemaic Descendants Ptolemaic Genealogy – Cleopatra Selene Ptolemaic Affiliated Lines: Descendant Lines Ptolemaic Points of Interest: Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIII Sampsiceramus article at Ancient Library et.al....
   Publication: Name: http://dictionary.sensagent.com/Royal_Family_of_Emesa/en-en/;
   Note: Priest-Kings of the Emesani dynasty The known Emesene Priest Kings were: Sampsiceramus I, reigned 64 BC-48 BC, son of Aziz (Azizus, c. 94 BC) and paternal grandson of Iamblichus (c. 151 BC)[43] Iamblichus I (son of Sampsiceramus I and brother of Alexio I[44]), reigned 48 BC-31 BC[45] Alexio I, sometimes known as Alexios or Alexander[46] (brother of Iamblichus I and another son of Sampsiceramus I[47]). Usurper to the Emesene throne in 31 BC and executed in the same year by Octavian[48] The Emesani kingdom dissolved from 30 BC to 20 BC and becames an autonomous community under the supervision of the Roman governor of Syria[49] Iamblichus II (son of Iamblichus I[50]), reigned 20 BC-14[51] Gaius Julius Sampsiceramus II, also known as Sampsiceramus II (son of Iamblichus II[52]), reigned 14-42 Gaius Julius Azizus or Asisus (son of Sampsiceramus II[53]), reigned 42-54 Gaius Julius Sohaemus (brother to Azizus and second son to Sampsiceramus II[54]), reigned 54-73 Gaius Julius Alexio also known as Alexio II (son of Sohaemus[55]), reigned 73-78 Gaius Julius Fabia Sampsiceramus III Silas (son of Alexio II[56]), reigned 79-120 Gaius Julius Longinus Soaemus also known as Soaemus (son of Sampsiceramus III[57]), died 160 Gaius Julius Sulpicius, died ca. 210 Uranius Antoninus, reigned 210-235 Lucius Julius Aurelius Sulpicius Severus Uranius Antoninus, reigned 235-254, originally called Sampsiceramus Other members of the Emesani royal family Commagenean Princess Iotapa, married Sampsiceramus II.[58] Iotapa bore Sampsiceramus II, four children; two sons: Gaius Julius Sohaemus and Gaius Julius Azizus[59] and two daughters: Iotapa who married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor and Mamaea[60] Julia Urania Queen of Mauretania, who may have been a minor Emesene Princess and married Roman Client King Ptolemy of Mauretania[61] Mauretanian Princess from North Africa, Drusilla of Mauretania, who was the daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania and Julia Urania, married Gaius Julius Sohaemus[62], son of Sampsiceramus II and Iotapa.[63] Drusilla and Sohaemus had a son called Gaius Julius Alexio, also known as Alexio II Sohaemus of Armenia also known as Gaius Julius Sohaemus[64][65], King of Armenia from 140 until 161, then again in 163 to an unknown date The Emesene high priest Gaius Julius Bassianus a possible descendant of Drusilla of Mauretania and Gaius Julius Sohaemus.[66] Bassianus was the father of the Roman Empress Julia Domna and her older sister Julia Maesa. He was the maternal grandfather of Domna’s sons who were the Severan Roman Emperors Caracalla and Publius Septimius Geta; and Maesa’s daughters Julia Soaemias and Julia Avita Mamaea. Julia Soaemias was the mother of Severan Roman Emperor Elagabalus and Julia Avita Mamaea was the mother of Severan Roman Emperor Alexander Severus Another possible descendant of Drusilla of Mauretania and Gaius Julius Sohaemus was the Syrian Queen of the 3rd century, Zenobia of Palmyra[67][68][69] Descendants of the Emesani dynasty The novelist of the 2nd century Iamblichus, claims his ancestry from the Emesene Priest Kings and was a contemporary of Sohaemus of Armenia[70] The Syrian Neoplatonist philosopher Iamblichus, who lived between the second half of the 3rd century and first half of the 4th century, claimed to be a descendant of the Emesene Priest Kings According to Patriarch of Constantinople, Scholar and Christian Saint of the 9th century Photios I, notes around 500, the Syrian Pagan Philosopher Damascius, dedicated a book to a Theodora, daughter of Diogenes, son of Eusebius, son of Flavianus and a descendant of King Sampsiceramus of Emesa[71]
   
2. Title: Wikipedia - Gaius Julius Bassinanus
   Author: Sources Birley, A.R. (2002). Septimius Severus: The African Emperor. Routledge. Levick, B. (2007). Julia Domna: Syrian Empress. Routledge.
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Bassianus;
   Note: Julius Bassianus (born in the second half of the 2nd century, died 217) was an Arab[1] high priest of Elagabalus at the Temple of the Sun in Emesa, Syria, where this solar deity was worshipped in a shape of a black stone. The name Elagabalus derives from Ilāh (a Semitic word for "god") and gabal (an Arabic word for "mountain"),[2][3][4] resulting in "the God of the Mountain," the Emesene manifestation of the deity.[5] Bassianus was a member of the Royal family of Emesa (modern Homs),[6] which was a part of the Arab aristocracy in this client kingdom of the Roman Empire. The beginning of his priesthood is unknown, but by 187 he was a high priest at Emesa. Bassianus was a son of a Julius and his paternal uncle was Julius Agrippa,[7] who served as a Primipilaris (a former leading Centurion).[8] Future emperor Lucius Septimius Severus had visited Emesa, based on a promising horoscope that he would find his future wife in Syria. Bassianus introduced Severus to his two daughters. Bassianus' wife is unknown. His elder daughter Julia Maesa was married to a Syrian noble Gaius Julius Avitus Alexianus and they had two daughters: Julia Soaemias Bassiana and Julia Avita Mamaea. His younger daughter Julia Domna was not married. Severus and Domna married not so long after. Domna bore Severus two sons, Lucius Septimius Bassianus (Caracalla, 4 April 188-8 April 217) and Publius Septimius Geta (7 March 189-19 December 211). Caracalla and Geta would become future Roman Emperors and heirs to their father. After Caracalla's death, Julia Maesa's grandson became emperor, Elagabalus, whom she prevailed to adopt another grandson, the son of Julia Avita Mamaea, who took the name Alexander Severus and eventually became emperor himself. Julius Bassianus is a possible descendant of Gaius Julius Alexion.