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DRUSILLA drōō sĭl’ ə ( Δρούσιλλα, G1537 ). A diminutive or pet name for Drusa, chosen no doubt by Herod Agrippa I for his youngest daughter, who happened to be born in a.d. 38 when the mad Caligula, recently made emperor, was mourning the sudden death of his twenty-two-year-old sister Drusilla. Herod Agrippa, a companion of ...
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. navigation search. William Hogarth, Paul before Felix, 1752. Drusilla is seated on Felix 's right. Drusilla (38 AD – 25 August 79 AD) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I and thus sister to Berenice, Mariamne and Herod Agrippa II. She perished in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
About: Julia Drusilla (Greek: Δρούσιλλα; AD 38 – 25 August AD 79) was a daughter of Herod Agrippa, King of Judaea and Cypros and the sister of Berenice, Mariamne and Herod Agrippa II. Her son, Agrippa, was one of the few people known by name to have died in the Vesuvius eruption. دروسيلا (38 م - 25 أكتوبر 79 م ...
Click to enlarge. Drusilla, daughter of Herod Agrippa I, was six years of age at the time of her father’s death at Caesarea, A.D. 44. She had already been betrothed to Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, King of Commagene. Herod had stipulated that Epiphanes should embrace the Jewish religion. The prince finally refused to abide by his promise ...
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, King of Judaea and Cypros and the sister of Berenice, Mariamne and Herod Agrippa II. Her son, Agrippa, was one of the few people known by name to have died in the Vesuvius eruption.
The youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I, and sister of the younger Agrippa and Bernice, celebrated for her beauty and infamous for her licentiousness. She was first espoused to Epiphanes, son of Antiochus king of Comagena, on condition of his embracing the Jewish religion; but as he afterwards refused to be circumcised, Drusilla was given in ...
Drusilla was the youngest daughter of Herod Agrippa I by his wife Cypros. Drusilla became the wife of Felix, the governor of Judea. Drusilla was with Felix when Paul spoke of his faith to the procurator. (Acts 24:24). According to the historian, Josephus, Drusilla was a Jewess who married Azizus, king of Emesa, who then converted to Judaism.
