Sohaemus (Emesa)

Gaius Iulius Sohaemus († after 72) was the last known prince of Emesa and king of Sophene .

Sohaemus was the younger son of Prince Sampsigeramos II of Emesa. In 54 he succeeded his brother Azizus in ruling the principality on the Orontes . In addition, the Roman emperor Nero appointed him king of Sophene, who had previously been part of Armenia and apparently became again around 60. Like his father, Sohaemus was called the " Great King ".

In Jewish War Sohaemus of Emesa fought on the Roman side. 66 he took part in the siege of Jerusalem by Cestius Gallus , the Year of the Four Emperors 69 he supported Vespasian and 70, he accompanied his son Titus in the conquest of Jerusalem . In 72 he took part in a punitive expedition led by Caesennius Paetus against Antiochus IV of Commagene . His further life is not known; probably under Vespasian's son Domitian (81–96), Emesa was incorporated into the province of Syria .

Sohaemus was a patron of the temple city of Heliopolis and was awarded the ornamenta consularia by the Romans .

literature

Rhiannon Ash: Commentary . In: Tacitus . Histories Book II . Edited and commented on by Rhiannon Ash. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge u. a. 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-81446-1 , pp. 73-381 , especially 315 .
Martin Schottky: Border states of Asia Minor in Hellenistic times. In: Walter Eder , Johannes Renger (Ed.): Ruler Chronologies of the ancient world. Names, dates, dynasties (= The New Pauly . Supplements. Volume 1). Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01912-8 , pp. 90-111, in particular 91, 93, 97-98.
Martin Schottky: Sohaemus [3]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 11, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01481-9 , Sp. 672.
Richard D. Sullivan: The Dynasty of Emesa . In: Hildegard Temporini , Wolfgang Haase (Hrsg.): Rise and decline of the Roman world . Row II, volume 8 . de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 1978, ISBN 3-11-007337-4 , pp. 198-219 , especially 216-218 .
Hans Volkmann : Sohaemus 3rd In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 247 f.
Julia Wilker: For Rome and Jerusalem. The Herodian dynasty in the 1st century AD. Verlag Antike, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-938032-12-1 , p. 402, 406, 439 .

Remarks

↑ Josephus , Jüdische Antiquities 20,8,4 .
↑ Tacitus , Annals 13.7 .
↑ cf. Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 8958 : regi magno C. Iulio Sohaemo regis magni Samsigerami f.
↑ Josephus, Jewish War 2,18,6; 2.18.9 .
↑ Tacitus, Historien 2.81 .
↑ Tacitus, Historien 5,1 ; Josephus, Jewish War 3, 4, 2 .
↑ Josephus, Jewish War 7,7,1 .
↑ See Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 8958 : honorat [o] [ornamentis] consularib [us] patrono coloniae.

personal data
SURNAME	Sohaemus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sohaemus, Gaius Iulius (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prince of Emesa and King of Sophene
DATE OF BIRTH	before 42
DATE OF DEATH	after 72

[1] Josephus , Jüdische Antiquities 20,8,4 .

[2] Tacitus , Annals 13.7 .

[3] . Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 8958 : regi magno C. Iulio Sohaemo regis magni Samsigerami f.

[4] Josephus, Jewish War 2,18,6; 2.18.9 .

[5] Tacitus, Historien 2.81 .

[6] Tacitus, Historien 5,1 ; Josephus, Jewish War 3, 4, 2 .

[7] Josephus, Jewish War 7,7,1 .

[8] See Inscriptiones Latinae selectae 8958 : honorat [o] [ornamentis] consularib [us] patrono coloniae.