Julia Iotapa (daughter of Antiochus III)
Julia Iotapa | |
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Prince Callinicus Iotapa, Queen of Cetis | |
Dynasty | Orontid dynasty |
Father | Antiochus III of Commagene |
Mother | Iotapa (spouse of Antiochus III) |
Julia Iotapa, or simply Iotapa (Greek: Ίουλία Ιοτάπα; before 17 – around 52), daughter of King Antiochus III of Commagene, was Queen of Commagene, consort of her King brother Antiochus IV.
Biography
Iotapa was the daughter of the late King
She was the sister of later King Antiochus IV of Commagene. Iotapa and her brother appeared to be very young, when their father died in 17.
While Iotapa and Antiochus were growing up in Rome, they were a part of the remarkable court of Antonia Minor. Antonia Minor was a niece of the first Roman Emperor Augustus and the youngest daughter of triumvir Mark Antony. Antonia Minor was a very influential woman and supervised her circle of various princes and princesses. Her circle assisted in the political preservation of the Roman Empire's borders and affairs of the client states.
The Roman Emperor Caligula returned to Iotapa and Antiochus IV their paternal dominion in 38. In addition, the emperor even enlarged their territory with a part of Cilicia bordering on the seacoast. Caligula also gave them one million gold pieces, the whole amount of the revenues of Commagene during the twenty years that it had been under a Roman province. The reasons for providing a client kingdom with such vast resources remain unclear; it was perhaps a stroke of Caligula's well-attested eccentricity.
Iotapa had married her brother and became Roman Client Monarchs of Commagene. Iotapa and Antiochus IV had three children:
- Son and prince: Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes. Through him they would become paternal grandparents to Philopappos who was a prominent citizen of Athens and poet Julia Balbilla.
- Son and prince: Callinicus
- Daughter and princess: Iotapa
Julia Iotapa appeared to have died before Commagene was annexed by
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- Suetonius, Caligula, 16
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