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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 ...
Archelaus was a veritable Herodian, but without the statesman-like ability of his father. He was cruel and tyrannical, sensual in the extreme, a hypocrite and a plotter. He observed the customary seven days of mourning for his father, but in the midst of them gave to his boon companions a congratulatory banquet upon his accession.
Image Title: Death of Herod Archelaus Description: Several women gather around the body of Herod Archelaus (23 BC - 18 AD), son of Herod the Great (r. 37 - 4 BC). Click here for additional images available from this book.
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Herod died in 4 B.C.E. In his fourth and final will, he bequeathed his kingdom to his three sons. Archelaus got Judea (see Matthew 2:22) and Samaria, including the lower Jordan Valley. Before validly assuming the title of king, however, he needed the confirmation of the emperor Augustus in Rome.
The mountain Herod had chosen for the fortress Herodium was too low. Herod has his architects raise the summit and build his palace inside this man-made cone. It is generally believed that Herod was buried in Herodium, but no grave was ever found. Equally puzzling is the fact that archaeologists have been unable to discover a water source there.
In the 1860s, Felicien de Saulcy, a French explorer, searched for Herod's tomb on the island in the center of the vast pool in Lower Herodium. Father Virgilio Corbo led an excavation at the summit ...
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. [1] [2] Upon the deposition of Herod Archelaus in 6 CE, his territories ...
