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Antipater II ( Greek: Ἀντίπατρος, translit. Antípatros; c. 46 – 4 BC) was Herod the Great 's first-born son, his only child by his first wife Doris. He was named after his paternal grandfather Antipater the Idumaean. He and his mother were exiled after Herod divorced her between 43 BC and 40 BC to marry Mariamne I.
Herod Antipas (before 20 B.C.E. – after 39 C.E.) was a first-century CE Jewish-Idumean ruler of Galilee and Perea, who bore the title of tetrarch ("ruler of a quarter")."). He governed these territories for more than 40 years, but is best known from New Testament accounts describing his role in the events that led to the executions of John the Baptist and Jesus of Naza
Letter of Pilate to Herod. The Letter of Pilate to Herod is a work purportedly written by Pontius Pilate to Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee. Greek and Syriac versions exist, although Greek is considered the original language of the letter. A Syriac document from the 5th or 6th century is the oldest version available to us today, however, and ...
Herod Archelaus ( Ancient Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀρχέλαος, Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC – c. AD 18) was the ethnarch [1] [2] of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years [3] ( c. 4 BC to AD 6 ). He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother of Herod Antipas, and half ...
Richardson, Peter (2018) Herod: King of the Jews and Friend of the Romans, New York City: Routledge ISBN: 978-1-138-80392-3. Smith, George Adam (1915) Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land , London : Hodder & Stoughton, p. 42 ISBN : 978-1-013-58494-7 .
Herodias ( Greek: Ἡρῳδιάς, Hērǭdiás; c. 15 BC – after AD 39) was a princess of the Herodian dynasty of Judaea during the time of the Roman Empire. [1] Christian writings connect her with the execution of John the Baptist . The daughter of Aristobulus IV and his wife Berenice, Herodias was a full sister to Herod V (king of Chalkis ...
Philip the Tetrarch. Philip the Tetrarch (c. 26 BCE. - 34 CE), sometimes called Herod Philip II by modern writers (see "Naming convention"), son of Herod the Great and his fifth wife, Cleopatra of Jerusalem, ruled over the northeast part of his father's kingdom between 4 BCE and 34 CE. He was a half-brother of Herod Antipas and Herod Archelaus ...
