List of people from Homs
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The following is a list of notable people from Homs and ancient Emesa.
Ancient
see the Royal family of Emesa
Papinian (142-212), Jurist
Alexander Severus (c. 208-235), Roman emperor
Anicetus, Pope, 154-167
Cassius Longinus (c. 213-273), rhetorician and philosophical critic
Drusilla, Princess of Mauretania
Elagabalus (c. 204-222), Emperor of the Roman Empire
Fronto of Emesa (3rd century), rhetorician
Gaius Julius Alexio (d. 78), Prince and Roman Client Priest King of Emesa
Heliodorus of Emesa, Hellenistic author of Aethiopica
Iamblichus (2nd century), Syrian Greek novelist
Iamblichus (c. 31 BC), phylarch
Iotapa (b. c. 20 BC - date of death unknown), Emesani princess
Iotapa (lived in 1st century), daughter of Iotapa
Julia Urania (lived in 1st century), queen of Mauretania Province
Julia Domna (c. 160-217), Roman empress
Julia Mamaea (1st century), princess
Julia Maesa (before 160-c.
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