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Salampsio (Hebrew: שלומציון, Shlomtzion) was the eldest daughter of Herod the Great by his royal Hasmonean wife, Mariamne I. She was married to Phasael, the son of Phasael, Herod's brother (her uncle's son). The marriage resulted in five children: Antipater, Herod, Alexander, Alexandra, and Cypros.
Nov 26, 2005 · About Salampsio, Herodian Princess of Judea. Salampsio (from the Hebrew šelōmṣiyōn, Aramaic short form Šelamṣah, 'Peace of Zion'; Greek Σαλαμψιώ/Salampsiṓ). Eldest daughter of Herod ( Herodes [1]%29 the Great and his Hasmonaic wife Mariamme [1]; b. c. 33 BC.
SALOME ALEXANDRA (Heb. שְׁלוֹמְצִיּוֹן, Shelomẓiyyon; Gr. Salina, Salampsio ; 139–67 b.c.e.), queen of Judea and wife of *Aristobulus i and *Alexander Yannai, upon whose death she ascended the throne to reign as sole Jewish monarch during the years 76–67. Josephus first mentions her as an accomplice in the plot to ...
Brief Life History of Salampsio. When Salampsio bat Herod by Mariamne I was born in 0032 BC, in Judea, Roman Empire, her father, Herod "the Great" ben Antipater, King of Judea, was 37 and her mother, Mariamne I bat Alexander 2nd wife Herod, was 25. She married Phasaelus II ben Phasaelus of Idumea in 0015 BC.
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- Phasaelus II Ben Phasaelus of Idumea
- Judea, Roman Empire
- Early Years
- Early Reign
- Later Reign
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- The Bitter End
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Herod was born 73 BCE as the son of a man from Idumea named Antipater and a woman named Cyprus, the daughter of an Arab sheik. Antipater was an adherent of Hyrcanus, one of two princes who struggling to become king of Judaea. In this conflict, the Roman general Pompey intervened in Hyrcanus' favor. Having favored the winning side in the conflict, A...
Herod's monarchy was based on foreign weapons; the start of his reign had been marked by bloodshed. His first aim was to establish his rule on a more solid base. Almost immediately, he sent envoys to the Parthian king to get Hyrcanus back from Babylon. The Parthian king was happy to let the old man go, because he was becoming dangerously popular am...
Herod's position was still insecure. He continued his building policy to win the hearts of his subjects. (A severe earthquake in 31 BCE had destroyed many houses, killing thousands of people.) In Jerusalem, the king built a new market, an amphitheater, a theater, a new building where the Sanhedrin could convene, a new royal palace, and last but not...
Herod concluded ten marriages, all for political purposes. They were probably all unhappy. His wives were: 1. Doris, from an unknown family in Jerusalem: married c.47, sent away 37; recalled 14, sent away 7/6. 1.1. She was the mother of Antipater, who was executed in 4. 2. The Hasmonaean princess Mariamme I: married 37, executed in 29/28. According...
Herod's reign ended in terror. When the king fell ill, two popular teachers, Judas and Matthias, incited their pupils to remove the golden eagle from the entrance of the Temple: after all, according to the Ten Commandments, it was a sin to make idols. The teachers and the pupils were burned alive. Some Jewish scholars had discovered that seventy-si...
The most important ancient source for the rule of king Herod was written by Flavius Josephus: the Jewish War and the Jewish Antiquities. Both books are based on the history of Nicolaus of Damascus, king Herod's personal secretary. Modern literature: Nikos Kokkinos, The Herodian Dynasty. Origins, Role in Society and Eclipse (1998 Sheffield) and D.W....
[130] Herod the Great had two daughters by Mariamne, the [grand] daughter of Hyrcanus; the one was Salampsio, who was married to Phasaelus, her first cousin, who was himself the son of Phasaelus, Herod's brother, her father making the match; the other was Cypros, who was herself married also to her first cousin Antipater, the son of Salome, Herod's sister. Phasaelus had five children by ...
Josephus speaks of Phasael as a brave and noble man. His son, who likewise bore the name Phasael,and seems to have been posthumous, married Herod's daughter Salampsio, by whom he had five children ("Ant." xviii. 5, § 4; according to "B. J." i. 28, § 6, the elder Phasael was the husband of this Salampsio).
