"Roman Empire" . "0046Z"^^ . . "0001Z"^^ . . "0046Z"^^ . "Tiberius Julius Alexander"@en . "0001Z"^^ . "Julius Alexander, Tiberius"@en . . "Roman governor and general" . . "Tiberius Julius Alexander (fl. 1st century) was an equestrian governor and general in the Roman Empire. Born into a wealthy Jewish family of Alexandria but abandoning or neglecting the Jewish religion, he rose to become procurator of Judea (c. 46 \u2013 48) under Claudius. While Prefect of Egypt (66 \u2013 69), he employed his legions against the Alexandrian Jews in a brutal response to ethnic violence, and was instrumental in the Emperor Vespasian's rise to power."@en .