Drusilla (daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania)
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Drusilla of Mauretania (born 38)
)Julia Drusilla (
Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony.[1] She was married to the procurator Marcus Antonius Felix in the reign of Roman emperor Claudius[2] and later the Emesene priest-king Sohaemus.[1][3]
Family
Drusilla's lineage is not entirely clear;
Her mother may have been a member of the
Royal family of Emesa.[6] She is mentioned in the funeral inscription of her freedwoman Julia Bodina at Caesaria as "Queen Julia Urania".[7]
Early life
Drusilla was most probably born in Caesaria (modern
First marriage
Her father was executed while visiting
Drusilla
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Drusilla held the
Arcadia.) At the time of her first marriage, Drusilla was the only daughter of a king of a former kingdom, which may explain her title; the title may also reveal the identity of her second husband.[citation needed
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Second marriage
In 56 Drusilla married her distant relative the Emesene Priest King,
Aramaic as El-Gebal. Through marriage, Drusilla became Queen consort of the Roman client kingdom of Emesa. Drusilla and Sohaemus had a son, Gaius Julius Alexion, also known as Alexio II, who later succeeded his father as Emesene Priest King. A possible descendant of Drusilla was the Syrian queen of the 3rd century, Zenobia of Palmyra.[1][3] According to some speculation she may also have been an ancestor of Julius Bassianus, father of empress Julia Domna (wife of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus and mother of emperor Caracalla) as well as Julia Maesa (maternal grandmother of the emperors Elagabalus and Severus Alexander).[8]
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References
- ^ a b c d Chris Bennett (2012) [2001]. "Affiliated Lines (Descendant Lines)". The Ptolemaic Dynasty. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84765-044-3.
- ^ a b c Chris Bennett (2012) [2001]. "Points of Interest: Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIII". The Ptolemaic Dynasty. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ISBN 978-1-101-62723-5.
- ISBN 978-0-19-982996-5.
- ^ a b c d e f Chris Bennett (2010) [2001]. "Cleopatra Selene (footnote 10)". The Ptolemaic Dynasty. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Cleopatra Selene, Footnote 10 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chad, Carlos (1972). Les dynastes d'Émèse (in French). Dar el-Machreq éditeurs. p. 92.
Further reading
- Bennett, Chris (2003). "Drusilla Regina". The Classical Quarterly, 53(1), pp. 315–319.