Gaius Julius Severus I

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Gaius Julius Severus was a Tribune in Legio VI Ferrata, then settled in Judea. He was the older son of Gaius Julius Severus, a Nobleman from Akmonia at Galatia, and paternal grandson of Artemidoros of the Trocmi, a Nobleman at Galatia (son of Amyntas, Tetrarch of the Trocmi, King of Galatia), and his wife a Princess of the Tectosagi (daughter of Amyntas, Tetrarch of the Tectosagi). His older brother was Gaius Julius Bassus, a Proconsul in Bithynia in 98.

He was the father of (Gaius) Julius Quadratus, a Roman Cavalry Officer.

His nephew Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus, Legate at Judaea between 102 and 105, Consul of Rome in 105 and Proconsul of Asia in 105, married Asinia Marcella, Domina figl..

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• Christian Settipani, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne (France: Éditions Christian, 1989).