Julia Mamaea also known as Mamaea (1st century), was a princess from the Syrian Roman Client Emesene Kingdom, queen of Pontus by marriage to King Polemon II of Pontus
Mamaea was a monarch of Arab, Armenian, Greek and Median ancestry. The name Mamaea is a name of Semitic origins, while her first name Julia refers to her being as a Roman citizen. She was a daughter and one of the four children born to the Priest King Sampsiceramus II who ruled the Emesene Kingdom from 14 until 42 and his wife, Queen Iotapa. She had two brothers: Azizus and Sohaemus who served as Emesene Priest Kings, and had a sister called Iotapa who married the Herodian Prince Aristobulus Minor. Her paternal grandfather was the former Emesene Priest King Iamblichus II, while her maternal grandparents were the former Commagenean Monarchs Mithridates III of Commagene and his cousin-wife Iotapa. She was born and raised in Emesa, Syria. Little is known on her early life.
At an unknown date perhaps after the early 50s, Mamaea married the Roman Client King Polemon II of Pontus, a Prince of Anatolian Greek and Roman descent. Polemon II married Mamaea as his second wife, as he was previously married to the Herodian Princess Berenice. Through her marriage to Polemon II, Mamaea became a Roman client queen of Pontus, Colchis and Cilicia. The circumstances that lead Polemon II to marry Mamaea are unknown.