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In 27 BCE he rebuilt Samaria under the name Sebaste, and in 25 began at Straton’s Tower the harbour and town which he named Caesarea. In 23 BCE Augustus gave Herod Trachonitis and Batanea, and in 20 BCE, the domains of Zenodorus between Trachon and Galilee, containing Ulatha and Paneas. His brother Pheroras became Tetrarch of Perea.
Tetrarchy of Herod Antipas. Antipas received Galilee and Perea. Tetrarchy of Philip. Philip received Paneas, Gaulanitis, Trachonitis, Batanea and Auranitis, with a certain part of the domain of Zenodorus. Toparchy of Salome. Salome, Herod's sister, received Jamnia, Ashdod, Phasaelis and the palace of Askalon.
The Herodian kingdom [1] [2] was a client state of the Roman Republic ruled from 37 to 4 BCE by Herod the Great, who was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman Senate. [3] When Herod died, the kingdom was divided among his sons into the Herodian Tetrarchy.
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.
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.
In 27 BCE he rebuilt Samaria under the name Sebaste, and in 25 began at Straton’s Tower the harbour and town which he named Caesarea. In 23 BCE Augustus gave Herod Trachonitis and Batanea, and in 20 BCE, the domains of Zenodorus between Trachon and Galilee, containing Ulatha and Paneas. His brother Pheroras became Tetrarch of Perea.
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.
Upon the death of Herod the Great, there is unrest in his client kingdom of Judea. His son, Herod Archelaus, becomes the new ruler. Herod Antipas becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea. The governor of Syria, Publius Quinctilius Varus, marches down to Jerusalem from Antioch to restore order; around 3000 Jews are crucified. [1]