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Sextus Varius Marcellus

Married Julia Soaemias[?]. Supposed father of Varius Avitus Bassianus[?], High Priest of the Syrian Sun god Elagabalus, patron-deity of Emesa, later Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, better known as Heliogabalus.

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