Julia Sempronia

Persona History Julia Sempronia was born in 401 AD in the city of Uriconium, in the province of Britannia. Her father was a member of the Concilium of the Praesidis per Britannia Secunda, based in Eburacum. Her mother died when Julia was young, and she was reared by the Saxon wife of a local Cornovii farmer.

She married Marcus Valerius Firmus, a wine importer with large estates in the ager Falernus between Roma and Baiae. After the recall of the Comes Britanniarum and his forces from Britannia, the couple moved to a fortified villa in Campania, not far from Teanum Sidicinum. There, the family wine business prospered, in spite of the increasing difficulty in maintaining the trade routes.

SCA History Julia Sempronia ("Julilla" to her friends) joined the SCA in the fall of 2001 and worked on the steering committee to found the College of Cranehaven in central An Tir. She initially served the College as Herald and Chronicler for the first three years and became the group's second Seneschal.

Her passions include Roman cuisine and costume (she is a member of the An Tir Costumer's Guild) Latin poetry, which she recites with very little provocation, and archery. She received her Award of Arms in October, AS XXXVIII from Their Majesties Gunnarr Brunwolf and Gabriell MacBain, was chosen to be the Shire of Dregate's Bardic Champion by Their Majesties Skeggi Hrafensfuri and Taisiia of Ma Elring in February, AS XXXIX, successfully challenged the Shire of Appledore's Golden Swan Tournament in October of AS XL and received her Jambe de Lion from Their Majesties Sven Fallgr Gunnarsson and Signy Oksendahl.

Her arms were registered in Semptember of 2005 and are: Gules, a ram couchant contourny reguardant Or.

See also Julilla Sempronia.