Julius Agrippa

Julius AgrippaLevick, Julia Domna: Syrian Empress, p.18 was a Syrian nobleman from the Royal family of Emesa who lived in the 2nd century.

Agrippa was an Emesene nobleman who was a direct descendant of the Emesene Roman Priest-Client King Sohaemus of Emesa, also known as Gaius Julius Sohaemus.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.217 He was the brother of a Julius and the paternal uncle of Julius Bassianus,Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.217, 223-4 the Emesene High Priest of El-Gebal. El-Gebal is the Aramaic name for the Syrian Sun God.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.71

Agrippa served as a Primipilaris, a former leading Centurion.Levick, Julia Domna: Syrian Empress, p.18 Agrippa was a man of some wealth as he owned an estate.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.72 When Agrippa died perhaps sometime before the late 180s, his name appears to be registered at the time of the Roman Jurist Quintus Cervidius Scaevola.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.72

Agrippa's estate was left to the Roman Empress Julia Domna,Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223 as he was the paternal great-uncle to Domna and her elder sister Julia Maesa.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.217 Agrippa is not to be confused with the powerful Lucius Julius Gainius Fabius Agrippa of Apamea.Birley, Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, p.223

Julius Agrippa

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