Synopsis:\xa0 Julia Domna was daughter of the Emesene High Priest, destined to marry a king.\xa0 Then she met Septimius Severus.\n\u201cOur history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.\u201d \u2013 Cassius Dio, Rome, Book 71\n\u201cThe primitive Christians perpetually trod on mystic ground, and their minds were exercised by the habits of believing the most extraordinary events.\u201d \u2013 Edward Gibbon, The Christians and the Fall of Rome\n Bloodline Family Tree (c. 182AD):\nhttps://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/B27_Bloodline.png\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices