A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Julia Moesa
JULIA MŒSA,
Grandmother of Heliogabalus, Emperor of Rome, was a great politician, and a virtuous woman. She strove to counteract the bad counsels of the mother of the emperor, and bring him back to common sense and duty. She saw that the Romans would not long bear such a shameful yoke, and she induced the emperor, who always retained his respect for her, to nominate his cousin, Alexander Seyerus, his successor. Julia Mœsa attained a happy and respected old age, and was placed by Alexander Seyerus in the list of divinities.