Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus

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Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus
Senator, suffect consul, proconsul of Asia
Bornc. 75
Diedc. 150
SpouseCassia Lepida
IssueJulia Cassia Alexandra
DynastyHerodian dynasty
FatherGaius Julius Alexander
MotherJulia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus IV)

Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus (Greek: Γάϊος Ίούλιος Άλέξανδρος Βερενικιανός; c. 75 – c. 150) was a Cilician Prince and second-born son to King Gaius Julius Alexander and Queen Julia Iotapa of Cetis. His eldest brother was Gaius Julius Agrippa and his younger sister was Julia Iotapa.

Life

Surviving inscriptions about Berenicianus reveal that his family were related to important members of Asian, non-Jewish, and Jewish aristocracy. Berenicianus was of

Herodian Dynasty. He was an apostate to Judaism. It is unlikely that Berenicianus attempted to exert influence on Judean politics. His name indicates that the family connections from the 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

crowned his parents as monarchs and gave them that region to rule. He was born, raised, and educated in Cetis.

In 94, Berenicianus, along with Agrippa entered the

suffect consul in 116. Between 132 and 133, he was Proconsul of the Roman Province of Asia, during which he appeared to have been a patron of the arts. (BCH 1, 1877, 291, no. 80
)

He married Cassia Lepida (born c. 80), daughter of Cassius Lepidus (son of

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 ArmeniaAlexander II
prince of Judea
Herod Agrippa I
king of Judea
Herod V
ruler of Chalcis
Aristobulus Minor
Tigranes VI of ArmeniaHerod 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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Political offices
Preceded byas suffect consuls
Lucius Statius Aquila
Succeeded byas ordinary consuls