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Berenice was a member of the Herodian Dynasty that ruled the Roman province of Judaea between 39 BC and 92 AD. She was the daughter of King Herod Agrippa I and Cypros and a sister of King Herod Agrippa II .
Apr 17, 2024 · Berenice (born ad 28) was a lover of the Roman emperor Titus and a participant in the events leading up to the fall of Jerusalem. The eldest daughter of the Judaean tetrarch Herod Agrippa I by his wife Cypros, Berenice was married at age 13, but her husband died without consummating the marriage .
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daughter of Herod Agrippa I, a shrewd man and a close friend of the Roman emperor Claudius. she married well three times – she seemed to have inherited her father’s shrewd intellect. she had an incestuous relationship with her brother Agrippa II – public and very scandalous.
Sep 30, 2023 · It was because of Princess Berenice’s friendship with her that Antonia would later pay all of King Herod Agrippa I’s debts that he owed to Emperor Tiberius. Princess Berenice died at an unknown date.
Though he punished the offenders with a flogging and a beheading, Titus knew the rumors would never cease. He gave Berenice back to Agrippa and that is all we know of the rest of her life or of her death. But from the 1600’s until contemporary times, there has been a revival of interest in Berenice.
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Feb 7, 2010 · In Brief. Berenice was the daughter of King Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great and client king of Judea. She married her uncle Herod, King of Chalcis, a small realm in Syria. After his death, Chalcis was awarded to her brother, with whom she ruled for a time until she married King Polemo of Cicilia, Anatolia.
Jun 15, 2016 · The procurator of Judea, Gessius Florus, refused to intervene on behalf of the Jews, and Berenice, age 38 and daughter of King Agrippa I, determined to go to him and make a personal appeal. In the process, she was nearly killed by Roman soldiers, and had to make a quick escape to her palace.