Marcus Antonius Felix (Felix in Greek: ο Φηλιξ, born between 5/10-?) was the ancient Rome procurator of Iudaea Province 52-60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus. Year 5 ( V) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Kingdom of Judea redirects here For the 10th-6th century BCE kingdom see Kingdom of Judah Iudaea ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard For the comic book see 52 (comic book. Year 52 was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Year 60 was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Ventidius Cumanus ( fl 1st century AD) was the Roman Procurator of Iudaea Province from AD 48 to c The squabbling created by the Roman practice of generating the equality of the Jews by insuring civic privileges bedeviled his time of service. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A privilege &mdashetymologically "private law" or law relating to a specific individual&mdashis a special Entitlement or immunity granted by a government
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Life
Felix was the younger brother of the Greek freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas. Marcus Antonius Pallas ( c 1 &ndash 63) was a prominent Greek freedman and secretary during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Claudius Felix was a Greek freedman either of the Emperor Claudius, according to which theory Josephus (Antiq. The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions A freedman is a former slave who has been manumitted or emancipated. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to Josephus (AD 37 – c 100 also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu (Joseph son of Matthias and after he became a Roman citizen, as Titus Flavius Josephus xx. 7) calls him Claudius Felix, or his mother Antonia Minor, a daughter of Triumvir Mark Antony to Octavia Minor and niece of Emperor Augustus. Antonia Minor ( PIR2 A 885 also known as Antonia the Younger or simply Antonia ( 31 January 36 BC-September/October 37 was a Marcus Antonius (in Latin: M·ANTONIVS·M·F·M·N ( c January 14 83 BC&ndash August 1, 30 BC known in English as Mark Octavia Minor (69 - 11 BC also known as Octavia the Younger or simply Octavia, was the sister of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus (known also Augustus ( Latin: IMPERATOR·CAESAR·DIVI·FILIVS·AVGVSTVS September 23 63 BC – August 19 AD 14) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, was According to Tacitus, Pallas and Felix descended from the Greek Kings of Arcadia. Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. Arcadia or Arkadía ( Greek Αρκαδία is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus.
Felix’s cruelty and licentiousness, coupled with his accessibility to bribes, led to a great increase of crime in Judaea. To put down the Zealots he favored an even more violent sect, the Sicarii ("Dagger-men"), by whose aid he contrived the murder of the high-priest Jonathan. Sicarii (Latin plural of Sicarius 'dagger-' or later contract- killer is a term applied in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in The period of his rule was marked by internal feuds and disturbances, which he put down with severity.
Paul the Apostle, after being apprehended in Jerusalem, was sent to be judged before Felix at Caesarea, and kept in custody for two years (Acts xxiv. Paul the apostle (שאול התרסי Šaʾul HaTarsi, meaning " Saul of Tarsus " Σαούλ Saul and Σαῦλος Saulos and Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Caesarea Maritima (Greek παράλιος Καισάρεια called Caesarea Palaestina from 133 CE onwards was a city and Harbor built by Herod the Great ). On returning to Rome, Felix was accused of having taken advantage of a dispute between the Jews and Syrians of Caesarea to slay and plunder the inhabitants, but through the intercession of his brother, the freedman Pallas who had great influence with the Emperor Nero, he escaped unpunished. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 – June 9, 68) born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Porcius Festus succeeded him as procurator of Judea. Porcius Festus was Procurator of Judea from about AD 58 to 62 succeeding Antonius Felix.
Marriages and issue
Felix married three times. His first wife was princess Drusilla of Mauretania, a maternal second cousin of Emperor Claudius. Drusilla of Mauretania (Drusilla in Greek η Δρουσìλλη) was a princess of Mauretania, daughter and only child of king Ptolemy of Mauretania Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I ( August 1, 10 BC &ndash October 13, AD 54 ( Tiberius Claudius Drusus from birth to Drusilla was an only child to Claudius’ late maternal cousin King Ptolemy of Mauretania and his wife Queen of Mauretania Julia Urania. Ptolemy of Mauretania or Ptolemy of Morocco (Ptolemy or Ptolemaios Greek ο Πτολεμαίος, Latin PTOLEMAEVS, 1 BC – AD 40 was a prince and Julia Urania or' Urania' ( Greek η Ιουλìα Ουρανìа, Latin Iulia Urania or IVLIA URANIA PIR2 Claudius arranged for Felix and Drusilla to marry around 53 in Rome. Year 53 was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Like Felix, Drusilla was partly of Greek descent. Felix and Drusilla had no children. Felix between 54-56, divorced Drusilla and to marry a Judean Princess. Year 54 was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Year 56 was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar.
Felix’s second wife was a Judean princess Drusilla, daughter of King of Judea Herod Agrippa I, from his wife and cousin Cypros. For others of this name see Drusilla. Drusilla (born 38) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I and thus sister to Berenice Judea or Judæa ( Hebrew: יהודה Standard Yəhuda Tiberian Yəhûḏāh, "praised For other with this name see Agrippa (disambiguation. Agrippa I also called the Great (10 BC - 44 AD) King of the Jews, Felix and the Judean Drusilla, had a son, Marcus Antonius Agrippa who he died along with his mother in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79, and a daughter, Antonia Clementiana. Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 79 was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Antonia Agrippina could be a daughter from their son‘s marriage (this name was graffiti in a Royal Tomb in Egypt). This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. Clementiana became a grandmother to a Lucius Anneius Domitius Proculus. Two possible descendants from this marriage are Marcus Antonius Fronto Salvianus (a quaestor) and his son Marcus Antonius Felix Magnus a high priest in 225. Quaestors were originally appointed by the Consuls to investigate criminal acts and determine if the consul needed to take public action Events By Place Roman Empire Roman Emperor Alexander Severus marries Sallustia Orbiana, and possibly raises her father Felix married for a third time, it is not known whether Felix divorced the Judean Drusilla before she died. Nothing is known on his third wife.
External links
- Roman coinage of Felix can be seen under Roman Procurators at [1]
See also
References
- Tacitus, Annals, xii. This page lists rulers of Judea and other related Jewish Kingdoms from the Maccabean Rebellion to the final Roman annexations Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (ca 56 &ndash ca 117 was a senator and a Historian of the Roman Empire. The Annals, or in Latin, Annales, is a history book by Tacitus covering the reign of the four Roman Emperors succeeding 54, Histories v. Histories ( Latin: Historiae) is a book by Tacitus, written c 9
- Suetonius, Claudius, 28
- Emil Schürer, History of the Jewish People (1890-1891)
- article in Hastings' Diet, of the Bible (A. Emil Schürer ( May 2, 1844 – April 30, 1910) was a German Protestant theologian. Robertson)
- commentaries on the Acts of the Apostles
- Sir W. M. Ramsay, St Paul the Traveller
- Carl von Weizsacker, Apostolic Age (Eng. Sir William Mitchell Ramsay ( March 15, 1851, Glasgow &ndash April 20, 1939) was a Scottish Archaeologist and trans. , 1894)
- Jewish Encyclopedia: FELIX (ANTONIUS FELIX)
- http://www.tyndale.cam.ac.uk/Egypt/ptolemies/ptolemies_selene_ii.htm
External links
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| Preceded by Ventidius Cumanus |
Procurator of Judea 52 to 60 AD |
Succeeded by Porcius Festus |
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