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Julius Alexander〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 also known as Julius Alexander of Emesa〔Prado, ''The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?'', p.216〕 was prince from the Royal family of Emesa〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 who lived in the 2nd century. Although Alexander was a nobleman from Emesa,〔Prado, ''The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?'', p.xxiv〕 little is known of his origins. He may have been the son of Sohaemus of Armenia also known as Gaius Julius Sohaemus,〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.217〕 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,〔Levick, ''Julia Domna: Syrian Empress'', p.34〕 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''.〔Prado, ''The Emperor Elagabalus: Fact or Fiction?'', p.216〕 The name ''Alexander'', is a dynastic name in the Emesani dynasty. In his career, Alexander became a Bestiarius also known as an animal fighter.〔(Roman Emperors: Commodus )〕 Alexander became a prowess at Lion-hunting.〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 He was known to have brought down a Lion with his javelin while on horseback.〔Cassius Dio, Roman History, 73.14〕 His prowess of his profession, provoked the jealousy of the Roman emperor Commodus.〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 There is a possibility that Lion hunting was a royal or imperial activity that Alexander may had deliberately participated in because he may had wanted the Roman throne for himself.〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 Commodus on his orders at night had Alexander hunted down and killed in Emesa c. 190.〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 Alexander could have escaped from Commodus’ soldiers however, he didn’t want to leave his youthful male-lover behind whom himself was an excellent horseman, so he was died with Alexander.〔Cassius Dio, Roman History, 73.14〕 Alexander with his lover, left when the assassins arrived but were overtaken and killed. After Alexander died, he was buried in the Emesani dynastic tomb in Emesa.〔Birley, ''Septimius Severus: The African Emperor'', p.223〕 Julius Alexander is mentioned in the histories of Cassius Dio and in the Augustan History, in ''The Life of Commodus''. ==See also== *Bestiarii 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julius Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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