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                <urn>urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1:M.marcianus_gessius_1</urn>
                <passage>
                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="M"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="marcianus-gessius-bio-1" n="marcianus_gessius_1"><head><label><persName xml:lang="la"><addName full="yes">Marcia'nus</addName>,
        <surname full="yes">Ge'ssius</surname></persName></label></head><p>a native of Syria, the husband of Julia Mamaea, by whom he was the reputed father of
      Alexander Severus. We know nothing of his history, except that he on several occasions
      discharged the duties of an imperial procurator. (<bibl n="D. C. 78.30">D. C. 78.30</bibl>.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.W.R">W.R</ref>]</byline></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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