 They had three children, a son named Marcus Julius Philippus Severus (Philippus II), born in 238, a daughter called Julia Severa or Severina who is known from numismatic evidence but is never mentioned by the ancient Roman sources and a son named Quintus Philippus Severus, born in 247.Philip's rise to prominence began through the intervention of his brother Priscus, who was an important official under the emperor Gordian III.His big break came in 243, during Gordian III's campaign against Shapur I of Persia, when the Praetorian prefect Timesitheus died under unclear circumstances.