Julius Bassianus

Julius Bassianus (born in the second half of the 2nd century, died 217) was an Arab[1] high priest of Elagabalus at the Temple of the Sun in Emesa, Syria, where this solar deity was worshipped in a shape of a black stone.

The name Elagabalus derives from Ilāh (a Semitic word for "god") and gabal (an Arabic word for "mountain"),[2][3][4] resulting in "the God of the Mountain," the Emesene manifestation of the deity.

[5] Bassianus was a member of the Royal family of Emesa (modern Homs),[6] which was a part of the Arab aristocracy in this client kingdom of the Roman Empire.

Caracalla and Geta would become future Roman Emperors and heirs to their father.

After Caracalla's death, Julia Maesa's grandson became emperor, Elagabalus, whom she prevailed to adopt another grandson, the son of Julia Avita Mamaea, who took the name Alexander Severus and eventually became emperor himself.