Drusilla (daughter of Ptolemy of Mauretania)

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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;

Julia Urania.[2][6]

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

Roman Emperor Caligula who died around the time of her birth.[6]

First marriage

Her father was executed while visiting

Drusilla
.

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
]

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]

Relationship of Drusilla to Sohaemus
Ptolemy V EpiphanesCleopatra I Syra
Ptolemy VI PhilometorCleopatra II
Ptolemy VIII PhysconCleopatra III
Ptolemy IX Lathyros
Tryphaena
Laodice VII Thea
Antiochus I Theos
Cleopatra Selene IIMithridates IIAthenais
Ptolemy of MauretaniaMithridates IIIIotapa
Iotapa
DrusillaSohaemus

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ a b c d Chris Bennett (2012) [2001]. "Affiliated Lines (Descendant Lines)". The Ptolemaic Dynasty. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-1-84765-044-3
    .
  3. ^ a b c Chris Bennett (2012) [2001]. "Points of Interest: Cleopatra VII & Ptolemy XIII". The Ptolemaic Dynasty. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
  4. ISBN 978-1-101-62723-5
    .
  5. ISBN 978-0-19-982996-5
    .
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Ptolemaic Genealogy: Cleopatra Selene, Footnote 10 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ 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.
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