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Herod Archelaus, in the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle Schematic family tree showing the Herods of the Bible. Archelaus is mentioned in the Gospel of Matthew (chapter 2 verse 13–23). An angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him to get up and take Mary and Jesus and flee to Egypt to avoid the Massacre of the Innocents.
Articles relating to Herod Archelaus, ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea (23 BCE-18 CE, reigned 4 BCE – 6 CE) and his depictions. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Upon Herod's death his kingdom was divided in three. Judea went to his son Archelaus, who was as great a tyrant as his father. Most notably he killed some 3000 rebels soon after ascending the throne. His cruelty aroused such popular anger that in 6 AD Archelaus was deposed by the Romans in response to complaints from his subjects.
Josephus describes Jews sending an embassy to Augustus, while Archelaus is travelling to Rome, to complain that they do not want Archelaus as their ruler; [12] [13] when Archelaus returns, he arranges for 3000 of his enemies to be brought to him at the Temple in Jerusalem, where he has them slaughtered. [12]
Herod Archelaus, son of Herod and Malthace the Samaritan, was given the title of ethnarch and ruled over the main part of the kingdom: Judea proper, Idumea, and Samaria. He ruled for ten years until 6 CE, when he was "banished to Vienna in Gaul, where according to Cassius Dio, "Hist. Roma," lv. 27—he lived for the remainder of his days."
Archelaus of Cappadocia (r. 36 BC – 17 AD), king of Cappadocia; Herod Archelaus (23 BC – c. 18 AD), ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, 4 BC – 6 AD; Archelaus of Cilicia (died 38 AD), king of Cicilia Trachaea and Eastern Lycaonia from 17 AD; Archelaus the deacon (died 235 AD), third-century saint martyred with Quiriacus of Ostia
According to Josephus, Athogod or Athrongeus (Greek: Αθρογγαίος, Athrongaíos) was a leader of the Jews during the insurrection under Herod Archelaus. Athronges led the rebellion against Archelaus and the Romans. [1]
Herod died in 4 BCE, and his kingdom was divided among his three sons, none of them inherited his title of king . Herod Archelaus assumed the title of ethnarch and ruled Judea , Samaria and Idumea so badly that he was dismissed in 6 CE by the Roman emperor Augustus , who appointed Quirinius to exercise direct Roman rule after an appeal from ...