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Herod Agrippa I

Every person interested in antiquity certainly associates the figure of the king of Judea, Herod the Great. He was remembered as a great builder, philhellene, but also as a cruel despot and tyrant. However, much less is said about his descendant, an equally interesting figure who influenced not only the fate of Jews and their homeland, but also partly the fate of the entire Roman Empire. This figure is the grandson of Herod the Great, King Herod Agrippa I.

The origin and rise to power

Herod Agrippa I was born around 10 BCE, the son of Aristobulus and Berenice. He came from a royal family—his grandfather (the father of Aristobulus) was Herod the Great. Actually, as a Roman citizen, his name was Marcus Julius Agrippa (in honor of Augustus’ friend, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa), while the name Herod used in the context of this character refers to his origin from the Jewish royal dynasty. In the works of Josephus, he is most often referred to as Agrippa, while Acts is referred to as Herod Agrippa or simply Herod.

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Herod Agrippa I

Herod Agrippa: Jewish king, ruled 37-44. Because of his good connections in Rome, he was the last to unite the Jewish territories.

Adventurer

The Jewish king Herod the Great had many sons and one of them was Aristobulus. However, the prince and the king were not on speaking terms; after two trials before the Roman emperor Augustus, Herod had his son executed in 7 BCE. Aristobulus' son Agrippa, named after Augustus' friend Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, was spared.

The boy was only three years old - he was born in 11 - and was sent to Rome, where he received a Roman education with the princes of the ruling dynasty, the Julio-Claudians. Among his companions were the later emperors Caligula and Claudius.

King Herod died in 4 BCE and was succeeded by three other sons: Herod Antipas was to rule Galilee and the east bank of the Jordan as a tetrarch; Philip was to be tetrarch of the Golan heights in the north-east; and Archelaus became the ethnarch ('national leader') of Samaria and Judaea.

For the greater part of his live, Agrippa lived in Rome. Here he met his wi

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Herod Agrippa II

1st-century Judean ruler

Herod Agrippa II (Hebrew: אגריפס; AD 27/28^[1] – c. 92 or 100^[1]^[2]), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client. Agrippa II fled Jerusalem in 66, fearing the Jewish uprising, and he supported the Roman side in the First Jewish–Roman War.

Early life

Herod Agrippa II was the son of the first and better-known Herod Agrippa and the brother of Berenice, Mariamne, and Drusilla (second wife of the Roman procurator Antonius Felix).^[3] He was educated at the court of the emperor Claudius, and at the time of his father's death he was 17 years old. Claudius therefore kept him at Rome and sent Cuspius Fadus as procurator of the Roman province of Judaea. While at Rome, he voiced his support for the Jews to Claudius and against the Samaritans and the procurator of Iudaea Province, Ventidius Cumanus, who was thought to have been the cause of some