Drusilla (daughter of Herod Agrippa)

For other uses, see Julia Drusilla (disambiguation).
Drusilla medallion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum (1553).
William Hogarth, Paul before Felix, 1752. Drusilla is seated on Felix's right.

Julia Drusilla (Greek: Δρούσιλλα; born AD 38) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa (the last king of ancient Roman Judaea) and Cypros. Her siblings were Berenice, Mariamne, and Herod Agrippa II.[1] Her son Agrippa was one of the few people known by name to have died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD.[2]

  1. ^ Jacobson, David (2 July 2019). Agrippa II: The Last of the Herods. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-82357-2.
  2. ^ Curran, John (23 September 2014). "Philorhomaioi: The Herods between Rome and Jerusalem". Journal for the Study of Judaism. 45 (4–5): 493–522. doi:10.1163/15700631-12340097. ISSN 1570-0631.