Gaius Julius Agrippa Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus Julia Iotapa (Cilician princess)
Dynasty
Herodian dynasty
Father
Tigranes VI of Armenia
Mother
Opgalli
Gaius Julius Alexander II (Greek: Γαίος Ιούλιος Αλέξανδρος) was a Herodian Prince who lived in the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire.
Alexander was of Jewish, Nabataean, Edomite, Greek, Armenian and Persian ancestry. He was the son of the Herodian Prince, later king Tigranes VI of Armenia and his wife Opgalli. In the spring of 58, his father was crowned as king of Armenia by Roman Emperor Nero in Rome and ruled until 63. Alexander had a sister called Julia, who married the Anatolian Roman Senator Marcus Plancius Varus.
Alexander's paternal grandparents were the Judean Prince Alexander and his unnamed wife. Through his father, Alexander was the great-grandson of Cappadocian Princess Glaphyra and Judean Prince Alexander. He was the great-great-grandson of king Archelaus of Cappadocia, king of Judea Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne. Alexander along with his sister and father were the last of the known descendants of the kings of Cappadocia. Prior to the year 58, little is known on Alexander's life. It is unlikely that he attempted to exert influence on Judean politics.
Tigranes had arranged with king Antiochus IV of Commagene, with whom he was an ally, for the marriage of Alexander to Antiochus' daughter Julia Iotapa. The betrothal was held in Rome after Tigranes' coronation. After the betrothal, Nero crowned Alexander and Iotapa as Roman client rulers of the small Cilician region of Cetis, which had previously been ruled by Alexander's Seleucid ancestors, then by Archelaus of Cappadocia, and then by Archelaus of Cilicia and Antiochus IV. The Cilician city of Elaiussa Sebaste was made a part of their kingdom. Alexander and Iotapa ruled Cetis from 58 until at least 72.
Little is known about the marriage and reign of Alexander and Iotapa. Iotapa bore Alexander three children: two sons Gaius Julius Agrippa, Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus and a daughter Julia Iotapa. Their children were born and raised in Cetis. A possible descendant from their marriage was the usurper Jotapianus, who lived in the 3rd century. His name and the names Alexander gave his sons indicate that their family connections with the Herodian Dynasty were not wholly broken. Later in his life, Alexander had entered the Roman Senate and served as a suffect consul in 116.[1]
Family tree of the Herodian dynasty[edit]
Main article: Herodian dynasty
There are three princes by the name Phasael in the Herodian dynasty, all three mentioned by Josephus in "War" (BJ) and "Antiquities" (AJ):[2]
Phasael I, son of Antipater and Cypros (BJ 1.181; AJ 14.121)[2]
Phasael II, son of Phasael I (BJ 1.266; AJ 17.196)[2]
Phasael III, son of Herod the Great (BJ 1.181; AJ 14.121)[2] and father of Cypros/Kypros, wife of Agrippa I[3]
Antipater the Idumaean procurator of Judea
1.Doris 2.Mariamne I 3.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
^Werner Eck, "Konsuln des Jahres 117 in Militärdiplomen Traians mit Tribunicia Potestas XX", Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, 185 (2013), pp. 235–238
^ abcdNorris, Jérôme (26 April 2017). "A woman's Hismaic inscription from the Wādī Ramm desert: AMJ 2/J.14202 (Amman Museum)". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 28 (1): 90–109. doi:10.1111/aae.12086. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^"Phasaelus". The Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. 26 April 2017. pp. 90–109. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via BibleGateway.com.
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