Kdo je hodil z Berenice (daughter of Herod Agrippa)?

Berenice of Cilicia, also known as Julia Berenice and sometimes spelled Bernice (Greek: Βερενίκη or Βερνίκη, Bereníkē or Berníkē; 28 – after 81), was a Jewish client queen of the Roman Empire during the second half of the 1st century. Berenice was a member of the Herodian dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea between 39 BC and 92 AD. She was the daughter of King Herod Agrippa I and Cypros and a sister of King Herod Agrippa II.

What little is known about her life and background comes mostly from the early historian Flavius Josephus, who detailed a history of the Jewish people and wrote an account of the Jewish Rebellion of 67. Suetonius, Tacitus, Dio Cassius, Aurelius Victor, and Juvenal also write about her. She is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles (25:13, 23; 26:30). However, it is for her tumultuous love life that she is primarily known since the Renaissance. Her reputation was based on the bias of the Romans against Eastern princesses like Cleopatra, or later Zenobia. After two marriages in which she was widowed in her 40s, she spent much of the remainder of her life at the court of Herod Agrippa II, amidst rumors the two were carrying on an incestuous relationship, though this was neither proved nor disproved. During the First Jewish-Roman War, she began a love affair with the future emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus. However, her unpopularity among the Romans compelled Titus to dismiss her on his accession as emperor in 79. When he died two years later, she disappeared from the historical record.

Tit Flavij (latinsko Titvs Flavivs Caesar Vespasianvs Avgvstvs) je bil rimski cesar, ki je vladal leta 79-81, * 30. december 39, Rim, Rimsko cesarstvo, † 13. september 81, Rim.

Bil je član Flavijske dinastije, ki je na rimskem prestolu nasledil pokojnega očeta Vespazijana, in hkrati prvi cesar, ki je nasledil svojega biološkega očeta.

Pred prihodom na prestol je bil ugleden vojaški poveljnik, ki je med prvo judovsko-rimsko vojno pod svojim očetom služil v Judeji. Vojni pohod je po Neronovi smrti leta 68 za nekaj časa zastal, dokler ni v letu štirih cesarjev kot četrti prišel na prestol Vespazijan. Po njegovi razglasitvi za cesarja 1. julija 69 je bil Tit zadolžen za zatrtje judovske vstaje. Leta 70 je oblegal in osvojil Jeruzalem ter ga porušil, med drugim tudi Drugi judovski tempelj. Za svoje zasluge je bil nagrajen s triumfom in Titovim slavolokom, ki še stoji.

Med očetovim vladanjem je postal splošno znan kot prefekt pretorijanske straže in partner v spornem razmerju z judovsko kraljico Bereniko, hčerko Heroda Agripe I.. Leta 79 je na rimskem prestolu nasledil svojega očeta in bil po Svetonijevem mnenju in mnenju drugih takratnih zgodovinarjev kljub temu dober vladar.

Kot cesar je najbolj znan po zaključku gradnje Koloseja in velikodušnost pri lajšanju trpljenja po izbruhu Vezuva leta 79 in velikem požaru v Rimu leta 80. Po komaj dveh letih cesarjevanja umrl zaradi vročice in bil po smrti s sklepom senata pobóžen (divinizaciran). Nasledil ga je mlajši brat Domicijan.