Iotapa (daughter of Sampsiceramus II)
Iotapa (also Iotape) (fl. 1st century CE) was a daughter of King Sampsiceramus II of Emesa who married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor.[1][2]
Biography
[edit]Iotapa was an Arab Syrian Princess from the Royal family of Emesa who lived in the 1st century. She was the daughter of King Sampsiceramus II and Queen Iotapa who ruled Emesa (modern Homs Syria).[3][2]
Iotapa married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor,[4] who was of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite ancestry. He was a grandson of King of Judea, Herod the Great.[5] Josephus eventually described Iotapa and Aristobulus as "private citizens".[6]
Iotapa and Aristobulus had a daughter called Iotapa V.[5] She was born deaf and mute.[6] Apart from their daughter, they had no further descendants.
Sources
[edit]- Schwartz, Seth (1990). Josephus and Judaean politics. Columbia studies in the classical tradition. Leiden, New York: Brill. p. 137. ISBN 90-04-09230-7. OCLC 21595783.
- Smith, Sir William (1849). Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Vol. 1. p. 301. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
- Egyptian Royal Genealogy
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Smith, William (1880). Abaeus-Dysponteus. J. Murray.
- ^ a b Safrai, S.; Stern, M. (1 January 1974). The Jewish People in the First Century, Volume 1: Historical Geography, Political History, Social, Cultural and Religious Life and Institutions. Section One, Volume One. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-27500-3.
- ^ biography, Greek and Roman (1861). Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, ed. by W. Smith. Walton and Maberly.
- ^ Histoire de la guerre saincte, dite proprement la Franciade Orientale. ... Traduite en Fraçois par G. Du Preau (in French). 1573.
- ^ a b Sullivan, Richard D. (15 December 1990). Near Eastern Royalty and Rome, 100-30 Bc. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-9121-2.
- ^ a b Mason, Steve (16 October 2008). Flavius Josephus: Translation and Commentary, Volume 1B: Judean War 2. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-4221-9.