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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.
Mary/Mariam was a common name in 1st century Israel, however, not all Marys or Mariams would go by the name Mariamne. Nicknames were often used to distinguish between those with common names (Mary, Joseph, etc.). Holders include: Mariamne (second wife of Herod) (d. 29 BCE), a.k.a. Mariamne I
Ananus's decision angered Roman procurator Lucceius Albinus and local king Herod Agrippa II, who had him removed from his post. Mk 6:3, Mt 13:55–56, Gal 1:19: Jesus of Nazareth: Jewish itinerant preacher and son of Mary: The person after whom Christianity is named. He was a Jewish itinerant preacher who clashed with the Pharisees.
Berenice was born in 28 [1] to Herod Agrippa and Cypros, as granddaughter to Aristobulus IV and great-granddaughter to Herod the Great. Her elder brother was Agrippa II (b. 27), and her younger sisters were Mariamne (b. 34) and Drusilla (b. 38). [2] [3] According to Josephus, there was also a younger brother called Drusus, who died before his ...
Herod Agrippa (Roman name Marcus Julius Agrippa; c. 11 BC – c. AD 44), also known as Agrippa I (Hebrew: אגריפס) or Agrippa the Great, was the last king of Judea. He was a grandson of Herod the Great and the father of Herod Agrippa II , the last known king from the Herodian dynasty .
Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649). Salome (/ s ə ˈ l oʊ m i, ˈ s æ l ə m eɪ /; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), [1] also known as Salome III, [2] [note 1] was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias.
Herod engaged her to Herod II, her half-uncle, and her connection to the Hasmonean bloodline supported her new husband's right to succeed his father. As Josephus reports in Jewish Antiquities (Book XVIII, Chapter 5, 4): Herodias, [...], was married to Herod, the son of Herod the Great by Mariamne, the daughter of Simon the High Priest.
When her husband Herod Antipas was accused by his nephew Agrippa I of conspiracy against the new Roman emperor Caligula, she and Herod were exiled to Gaul. The later Herodian rulers Agrippa I and his son Agrippa II both had Hasmonean blood, as Agrippa I's father was Aristobulus IV, son of Herod by Mariamne I, but they were not male descendants ...