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Julia Crispina of Egypt and Judea

2nd centuryLandowner and overseerAsia · c. 150Most named place: Egypt (approximate)

Julia Crispina was the owner of an estate in Egypt who enjoyed great social reputation acting as an overseer and law guardian for two orphans in Judea. It is generally accepted that Julia Crispina was an ancestor of King Herod as she was allowed to act as the guardian and to appear in Roman court, which was untypical and prohibited for Jewish women of common origin.

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