Julia (daughter of Tigranes VI of Armenia)

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Julia was a

Herodian Princess who lived in the 1st century and possibly in the 2nd century in the Roman Empire
.

She was of

Roman Emperor Nero in Rome and ruled there until 63. Julia had a brother called Gaius Julius Alexander, who was the Roman Client King of the Kingdom of Cetis, a small region in Cilicia
.

Her paternal grandparents were the Judean Prince

Mariamne
. Julia along with her brother and father were last the known descendants of the Kings of Cappadocia.

Little is known on Julia's life. At an unknown date Julia married a

who ruled in the Roman Empire 69–79.

After Varus concluded his term as a Proconsul, he and Julia settled in Perga, the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia. Julia became a priestess and served in the temple of the Ancient Greek Goddess Artemis in Perga. Artemis was the most important Goddess in Perga.

Julia bore Varus two children who were:

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