Julia Domna (170-217 AD) Julia Domna, daughter of Bassianus, married future Emperor Septimius Severus in 185 AD, to whom she bore Caracalla and Geta. She accompanied her husband in his travels, and therefore was honored with the title: Mater Castrorum ("Mother of the Camp"). She was also fond of culture and gathered around her a fair amount of men of culture and literature. Due to Plautianus' influence on Septimius Severus, her relationship with her husband grew cold. After Septimius' death she tried in vain to reconcile her two sons, and witnessed the murder of Geta. She took her own life after Caracalla's assassination in 217 AD.
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