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Herod I the Great king of Judea: 5.Cleopatra of Jerusalem 6.Pallas 7.Phaidra 8.Elpis: Phasael governor of Jerusalem (1) Antipater heir of Judaea (2) Alexander I prince of Judea (2) Aristobulus IV prince of Judea (3) Herod II Philip prince of Judea (4) Herod Archelaus ethnarch of Judea, Idumea (4) Herod Antipas tetrarch of Galilea & Perea (5 ...
Herod the Great medallion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, 16th century. Herod was born around 72 BCE [11] [12] in Idumea, south of Judea.He was the second son of Antipater the Idumaean, a high-ranking official under ethnarch Hyrcanus II, and Cypros, a Nabatean Arab princess from Petra, in present-day Jordan.
The Herodian dynasty began with Herod the Great who assumed the throne of Judea, with Roman support, bringing down the century-old Hasmonean Kingdom. His kingdom lasted until his death in 4 BCE, when it was divided among his sons and daughter as a tetrarchy , which lasted for about 10 years.
Herod of Chalcis, ruler of Chalcis in Iturea, was a grandson of Herod the Great through his father, Aristobulus IV. Mariamne was a granddaughter of Herod the Great through her mother, Olympias; hence Aristobulus was a great-grandson of Herod the Great on both sides of his family.
Close family of Costobar ben Antipater. Costobar and Saul were royal Herodian brothers, and kinsmen of Antipas ben Alexas, [18] and of Agrippa II. [19] While Josephus does not specify the parents of Costobar and Saul, the name “Costobar” provides a clue: their grandfather was very likely Costobar(us), the second husband of Salome, the sister of Herod “the Great”. [20] “
The Herodian tetrarchy was a regional division of a client state of Rome, formed following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE. The latter's client kingdom was divided between his sister Salome I and his sons Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Philip.
Herod's fear of his Hasmonean rivals led him to execute all of the prominent members of the family, including Mariamne. Her name is spelled Μαριάμη (Mariame) by Josephus, but in some editions of his work the second m is doubled (Mariamme). In later copies of those editions the spelling was dissimilated to its now most common form, Mariamne.
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