2nd century nobleman from the royal family of Emesa
Julius Alexander[1] also known as Julius Alexander of Emesa[2] was prince from the Royal family of Emesa[3] who lived in the 2nd century.
Although Alexander was a nobleman from Emesa,[4] little is known of his origins. He may have been the son of Sohaemus of Armenia also known as Gaius Julius Sohaemus,[5] who served as a Roman Client King of Armenia from 144 until 161, then again in 163 perhaps up to 186. He may have been a possible kinsman of the Roman Empress Julia Domna,[6] which could explain him as a possible ancestor of the Roman emperor of the 3rd century Alexander Severus. Alexander and Severus share the same cognomen, Alexander.[7] The name Alexander, is a dynastic name in the Emesani dynasty.
Alexander became a Bestiarius, also known as an animal fighter.[8] Alexander became skilled at Lion-hunting.[9] He was known to have brought down a Lion with his javelin while on horseback.[10] His prowess provoked the jealousy of the Roman emperor Commodus.[11]
Commodus ordered Alexander hunted down and killed in Emesa c. 190.[12] Alexander could have escaped from Commodus’ soldiers, but lost time because he didn't want to leave behind his youthful male-lover, who was himself an excellent horseman.[13] Alexander tried to escape the assassins together with his lover, but they were overtaken and killed.
Alexander was buried in the Emesani dynastic tomb in Emesa.[14] Julius Alexander is mentioned in the histories of Cassius Dio and in the Historia Augusta, in The Life of Commodus.
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
^Prado, The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?, p.216
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
^Prado, The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?, p.xxiv
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.217
^Levick, Julia Domna: Syrian Empress, p.34
^Prado, The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?, p.216
^Roman Emperors: Commodus
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
^Cassius Dio, Roman History, 73.14
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
^Cassius Dio, Roman History, 73.14
^Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223
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