The High Priests of Emesaĭrusilla bore Sohaemus a son named Gaius Julius Alexio, who ruled Emesa as King Alexio. Emesa was the leading kingdom in the Roman East, and it is through Drusilla that the bloodline may have continued. This great-grandchild of Antony and Cleopatra was married to King Sohaemus of Emesa around 56 AD. In 40 AD, Ptolemy met his end when he was invited to Rome by the tyrannical Caligula, who ordered Ptolemy’s assassination for no reason.Īfter her father’s death, Drusilla was raised by the Imperial family in Rome. Urania bore Ptolemy a daughter in 38 AD, whom they named Drusilla – probably in honour of honour of Caligula’s sister, Livia Drusilla – who died at that very time. He married a woman named Julia Urania – a member of the Royal Family of Emesa in modern day Syria. With the death of Juba II in 23 AD, Ptolemy succeeded as the last client King of Mauretania. Cleopatra Selene died in 6 AD in her mid-forties. Drusilla became romanized and little is known of her life, or her fate. They had two children Ptolemy (1 BC – 40 AD) and Drusilla (born about 8 BC). Under Juba and Cleopatra the Kingdom of Mauretania flourished, and the Queen was proud of her Greco-Ptolemaic heritage. The newlyweds were given the territory of Mauretania – which comprises the coastline of modern Morocco and Algeria – a region which at that time needed Roman supervision. As the last surviving member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, the Emperor provided her with a huge dowry, and she became Rome’s ally.
Princess Cleopatra survived, and by 20 BC Octavian – now styled Augustus arranged her marriage to King Juba II of Numidia in Africa. The two boys who would have posed a threat to Octavian when they became of age may have been murdered later or died from illness, and both boys cease to be mentioned after 29 BC. Octavia Raises Cleopatra’s Orphaned Childrenįollowing Octavian’s invasion the orphaned children were taken to Rome to be cared for by Antony’s first wife, Octavia Minor – who was Octavian’s younger sister. Cleopatra and Antony had three children, twins – Cleopatra Selene, and Alexander Helios (born 40 BC), and the younger son, Ptolemy Philadelphus (born 36 BC). The boy who would have been a threat to Octavian met his death shortly after the suicides of his mother and step-father, Mark Antony in 30 BC. The Egyptian queen bore Julius Caesar an illegitimate son in 47 BC, appropriately naming him Caesarion to demonstrate his relationship to Caesar.
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