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  1. Feb 2020
    1. when he ordered her to leave Antioch as soon as possible and go whithersoever  p395 she wished, and she heard, moreover, what was said in Rome about her son, she no longer cared to live, but hastened her death by refusing food, though one might say she was already in a dying condition by reason of the cancer of the breast that she had had for a very long time; it had, however, been quiescent until, on the occasion referred to, she had inflamed it by the blow with which she had smitten her breast on hearing of her son's death.

      Having failed to re obtain some of her power Julia loses her will to live and speculations around the cause of her death abound.

    2. she hoped to become sole ruler and make herself the equal of Semiramis and Nitocris, inasmuch as she came in a sense from the same parts as they. But as . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . letters . . . . . . . . . . of Macrinus . . . . . . . . . . some for which . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . fearing she might be deprived of the title of Augusta and be forced to return to her native country and

      Maybe it's because of her life experience, Julia possesses a lust for power.

    3. Now Julia, the mother of Tarautas, chanced to be in Antioch, and at the first information of her son's death she was so affected that she deal herself a violent blow and tried to starve herself to death. Thus she mourned, now that he was dead, the very man whom she had hated while he lived; yet it was not because she wished that he were alive, but because she was vexed at having to return to private life.

      Despite all the wrongs Antonius had done on both her and the empire, Julia still grieves for her son, though the last part of the quote seems to suggest that she's more sad about the fact that she's going to become a "normal" person than the death of her son.

    4. But it happened that this letter was diverted to Antioch to the emperor's mother Julia, since she had been instructed to sort everything that arrived and thus prevent a mass of unimportant letters from being sent to him while he was in the enemy's country

      That this was mentioned may mean that Julia had intentionally delayed this letter in hopes that Antoninus will die.

    1.  Neither in these matters nor in any others did he heed his mother, who gave his much excellent advice. And yet he had appointed her to receive petitions and to have charge of his correspondence in both languages, except in very important cases, and used to include her name, in terms of high praise, together with his own and that of the legions, in his letters to the senate, stating that she was well. 3 Need I add that she held public receptions for all the most prominent men, precisely as did the emperor? But, while she devoted herself more and more to the study of philosophy with these men,

      Julia is shown to have great willpower and patience as she willing does her son's job for him.

    2. Once when Julia chided him for spending vast sums upon  p301 them and said, "There is no longer any source of revenue, just or unjust, left to us," he replied, exhibiting his sword, "Be of good cheer, mother: for as long as we have this, we shall not run short of money."

      Despite having witnessed the death of her younger son, Geta, at the hands of her other son, Antoninus, she still actively participates in Roman politics by trying to correct Antoninus.

    3. Once when Julia chided him for spending vast sums upon  p301 them and said, "There is no longer any source of revenue, just or unjust, left to us," he replied, exhibiting his sword, "Be of good cheer, mother: for as long as we have this, we shall not run short of money."

      Despite having witnessed the death of her younger son, Geta, at the hands of her other son, Antoninus, she still actively participates in Roman politics by trying to correct Antoninus.

    4. The first time Cassius talks about Julia at length. Though unfortunately it's not anything bright as evidenced by the text.

    1.  So greatly did Plautianus have the mastery in every way over the emperor, that he often treated even Julia Augusta in an outrageous manner; for he cordially detested her and was always abusing her violently to Severus.

      That Severus would allow Plautianus to abuse his wife seems to suggest that he and Plautianus are a little more than just friends. And it seems that Julia's and Severus' relationship is not that great.

    1. When he was about to marry Julia, Faustina, the wife of Marcus, prepared their nuptial chamber in the temple of Venus near the palace.

      Out of this whole chapter of several paragraphs, this is the only instance I see Julia's name being mentioned. This is going to be tough.