Gaius Julius Agrippa
| Gaius Julius Agrippa | |
|---|---|
| senator, quaestor of Asia, (suffect) consul | |
| Born | c. 72 |
| Died | before 150 |
| Spouse | Fabia |
| Issue | Gaius Julius Agrippa Lucius Julius Gainius Fabius Agrippa |
| Dynasty | Herodian dynasty |
| Father | Gaius Julius Alexander |
| Mother | Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus IV) |
Gaius Julius Agrippa (about 72 – before 150) was a
Julia Iotapa
.
Surviving inscriptions on his family reveal that his family were related to important members of Asian, non-Jewish and Jewish aristocracy. He was of
Herodian Dynasty were not wholly broken. His maternal grandparents were King Antiochus IV of Commagene
and Queen Julia Iotapa.
The Kingdom of Cetis was a small client state in the
Roman Emperor Nero
crowned his parents as monarchs and gave them that region to rule. He was born, raised and educated in Cetis.
There is an honorific inscription dedicated to him as a ‘son of King Alexander’. In 94, Agrippa along with his brother Berenicianus entered the Roman Senate. Surviving inscriptions also reveal the career of Agrippa. Agrippa became and served as a Quaestor for the Roman Province of Asia. Before 109, Agrippa served as a Praetorian Guard, before his father reached and served as a consul or suffect consul.
Agrippa married a Roman woman who belonged or was related to the
Jotapianus
.
Family tree of the Herodian dynasty
| Antipater the Idumaean procurator of Judea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1.Doris 2. Mariamne II 4.Malthace | Herod I the Great king of Judea | 5.Cleopatra of Jerusalem 6.Pallas 7.Phaidra 8.Elpis | Phasael governor of Jerusalem | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| (1) Antipater heir of Judaea | (2) Alexander I prince of Judea | (2) Aristobulus IV prince of Judea | (3) Herod II Philip prince of Judea | (4) Herod Archelaus ethnarch of Judea, Idumea | (4) Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilea & Perea | (5) Philip the Tetrarch of Iturea & Trachonitis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tigranes V of Armenia | Alexander II prince of Judea | Herod Agrippa I king of Judea | Herod V ruler of Chalcis | Aristobulus Minor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tigranes VI of Armenia | Herod Agrippa II king of Judea | Aristobulus ruler of Chalcis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaius Julius Alexander ruler of Cilicia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gaius Julius Agrippa quaestor of Asia | Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus proconsul of Asia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lucius Julius Gainius Fabius Agrippa gymnasiarch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
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- acsearch.info ancient coin search engine: Kings of Armenia
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