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Agrippa I

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Agrippa I also called the Great (10 BC - 44 AD), King of the Jews

King of the Jews

King of the Jews may refer to:History:Ruler of historic Jewish kingdoms and client states:* Kingdom of Israel * Kingdom of Judah * Hasmonean dynasty ...
, was the grandson of Herod the Great

Herod the Great

Herod , also known as Herod I or Herod the Great , was a Roman Empire client state of Israel. Herod is known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple....
, and son of Aristobulus IV

Aristobulus IV

Aristobulus IV was a prince of Judea from the :Category:Herodian dynasty, and was married to his cousin, Berenice , daughter of Costobar and Salome....
and Berenice

Berenice (daughter of Salome)

Berenice was the daughter of Salome I, sister of Herod the Great. She married her cousin Aristobulus IV, who was executed by his father in 6 BC; she was accused of complicity in his murder....
. His original name was Marcus Julius Agrippa, and he is the king named Herod in the Acts of the Apostles

Acts of the Apostles

The Acts of the Apostles is a book of the Bible, which now stands fifth in the New Testament. It is commonly referred to as simply Acts. The title "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late second century, but some have suggested that the title "Acts" be interpreted as "the Acts of the Holy Spirit" or even "the Acts...
, in the Bible

Bible

The Bible is the central religious text of Judaism and Christianity. The exact Books of the Bible is dependent on the religious traditions of specific denominations....
, "Herod (Agrippa)" . He was, according to Josephus

Josephus

Josephus , also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu and, after he became a Roman citizenship, as Titus Flavius Josephus, was a first-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70....
, known in his time as "Agrippa the Great".

lass="link1" onMouseover='showByLink("m224023",this)' onMouseout='hide("m224023")'href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Josephus">Josephus

Josephus

Josephus , also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu and, after he became a Roman citizenship, as Titus Flavius Josephus, was a first-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70....
informs us that, after the murder of his father, young Agrippa was sent by Herod the Great to the imperial court in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
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For other with this name, see Agrippa (disambiguation)
Agrippa (disambiguation)

Agrippa may refer to:...
.

Agrippa I also called the Great (10 BC - 44 AD), King of the Jews

King of the Jews

King of the Jews may refer to:History:Ruler of historic Jewish kingdoms and client states:* Kingdom of Israel * Kingdom of Judah * Hasmonean dynasty ...
, was the grandson of Herod the Great

Herod the Great

Aristobulus IV

Aristobulus IV was a prince of Judea from the :Category:Herodian dynasty, and was married to his cousin, Berenice , daughter of Costobar and Salome....
and Berenice

Berenice (daughter of Salome)

Acts of the Apostles

Bible

Josephus

Life

Rome

Josephus

Josephus , also known as Yosef Ben Matityahu and, after he became a Roman citizenship, as Titus Flavius Josephus, was a first-century Jewish historian and apologist of priestly and royal ancestry who survived and recorded the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70....
informs us that, after the murder of his father, young Agrippa was sent by Herod the Great to the imperial court in Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city, with 2,724,347 residents in an urban area of some ....
. There, Tiberius

Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
conceived a great affection for him, and had him educated alongside his son Drusus, who also befriended him, and future emperor Claudius

Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
. On the death of Drusus, Agrippa, who had been recklessly extravagant and was deeply in debt, was obliged to leave Rome, fleeing to the fortress of Malatha in Idumaea. There, it was said, he contemplated suicide.

After a brief seclusion, through the mediation of his wife Cypros and his sister Herodias

Herodias

Herodias was a Jewish princess of the Herodian Dynasty....
, Agrippa was given a sum of money by his uncle, Herodias' husband, Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas After inheriting his territories when the kingdom of his father Herod the Great was divided upon his death in 4 BC, Antipas ruled them as a client state of the Roman Empire....
, Tetrarch

Tetrarch

Tetrarch is a Greek language term for a holder of Roman Emperor office under a Tetrarchy. It was applied earlier to rulers of minor principalities owing allegiance to Rome....
of Galilee

Galilee

Galilee , is a large region in northern Israel which overlaps with much of the administrative North District of the country. Traditionally divided into Upper Galilee , Lower Galilee , and Western Galilee , extending from Dan to the north, at the base of Mount Hermon, along Mount Lebanon to the ridges of Mount Carmel and Mount Gilboa t...
and Perea

Perea (Holy Land)

Perea , a portion of the kingdom of Herod the Great occupying the eastern side of the Jordan River valley, from about one third the way down from the Sea of Galilee to about one third the way down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend too far inland....
, and was allowed to take up residence in Tiberias

Tiberias

Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
, and received the rank of aedile

Aedile

Aedile was an office of the Roman Republic. Based in Rome, the aediles were responsible for maintenance of public buildings and regulation of public festivals....
in that city, with a small yearly income. But having quarrelled with his brother-in-law, he fled to Flaccus

Flaccus

Flaccus was a Rome cognomen of the plebs Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gens of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder state that the family was originally from Tusculum, and that members still lived there in the 1st century....
, proconsul

Proconsul

Ancient RomeIn the Roman Republic, a proconsul was a promagistrate who, after serving as consul, spent a year as a Roman governor of a Roman province....
of Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
. Soon afterwards he was convicted, through the information of his brother Aristobulus, of having received a bribe from the Damascene

Damascene

The term Damascene can be used to refer to:* A resident of Damascus* John Damascene* A special type of steel, see Damascus steel* A decorative metal inlay, see Damascening...
s, who wished to purchase his influence with the proconsul, and was again compelled to flee. He was arrested as he was about to sail for Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, for a sum of money which he owed to the treasury of Caesar, but made his escape, and reached Alexandria

Alexandria

Alexandria , with a population of 4.1 million, is the second-largest city in Egypt, and is the country's largest seaport, serving about 80% of Egypt's imports and exports....
, where his wife succeeded in procuring a supply of money from Alexander

Alexander

Alexander is a common male first name....
the Alabarch

Alabarch

The alabarch was the Greek language title of an official who stood at the head of the Jewish population of Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and early Roman Empire periods....
. He then set sail, and landed at Puteoli. He was favorably received by Tiberius

Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
, who entrusted him with the education of his grandson Tiberius Gemellus. He also formed an intimacy with Caligula

Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
, then a popular favorite. Agrippa was one day overheard by his freedman Eutyches expressing a wish for Tiberius' death and the advancement of Caligula, and for this he was cast into prison.

Caligula and Claudius

Following Tiberius' death and the ascension of Agrippa's friend Caligula, Agrippa was set free and made governor first of the territories of Batanaea

Batanaea

File:Iturea-Trachonitis.PNGBatanaea or Batanea was an area of the Holy Land , north-east of the Jordan River, to the east of Trachonitis....
and Trachonitis

Trachonitis

File:Iturea-Trachonitis.PNGTrachonitis was a region that once formed part of Herod Philip tetrarchy. It now lies within the boundaries of modern Syria....
that his cousin Herod II had held, then of the tetrarch

Tetrarch

Tetrarch is a Greek language term for a holder of Roman Emperor office under a Tetrarchy. It was applied earlier to rulers of minor principalities owing allegiance to Rome....
y of Lysanias

Lysanias

Lysanias was the ruler of a small realm on the western slopes of Mount Hermon, attested to by the Jewish writer Josephus and in coins from circa 40 BC....
, with the title of "king". Caligula also presented him with a golden chain of a weight equal to the iron one he had worn in prison. In 39 AD, Agrippa returned to Rome, and brought about the banishment of his uncle, Herod Antipas

Herod Antipas

Galilee

Claudius

Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
. As a reward for his assistance, Claudius gave Agrippa dominion over Judea

Judea

Judea or Jud?a is the name given to the mountainous southern part of the historic Land of Israel , an area now divided between Israel and the West Bank ....
and Samaria

Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for the mountainous region in northern Israel roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank....
, while the kingdom of Chalcis

Chalcis, Syria

Chalcis was an ancient city in Syria. Syrian Chalcis was the birthplace of 3rd century AD Neoplatonism philosopher Iamblichus .It is thought to be the site of the modern town of Qinnasrin, though Anjar, Lebanon in Lebanon has also been suggested as the site of ancient Chalcis....
in Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of Lebanon or Lebanese Republic , is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea....
was at his request given to his brother Herod III. Thus Agrippa became one of the most powerful princes of the east; the territory he possessed exceeded that which was held by his grandfather Herod the Great

Herod the Great

Sebaste

Sebaste was a common placename in classical Antiquity. Sebaste was the Greek equivalent of the Latin Augusta. Ancient towns by the name sought to honor Augustus or a later Roman emperor....
, Heliopolis

Baalbek

Baalbek is a town in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon, altitude 1,170 m , situated east of the Litani River. It is famous for its exquisitely detailed yet monumentally scaled temple ruins of the Roman Empire period, when Baalbek, known as Heliopolis was one of the largest sanctuaries in the Empire....
and Caesarea. The suspicions of Claudius

Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
prevented him from finishing the fortifications with which he had begun to surround Jerusalem. His friendship was courted by many of the neighboring kings and rulers, some of whom he housed in Tiberias

Tiberias

Tiberias is a town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, Lower Galilee, Israel. It was named in honour of the emperor Tiberius....
, which also caused Claudius

Claudius

Reign and death

Account in Josephus

He returned to Judea and governed it to the satisfaction of the Jews. His zeal, private and public, for Judaism is recorded by Josephus

Josephus

Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
s. Perhaps because of this, his passage through Alexandria

Alexandria

Riot

A riot is a form of civil disorder characterized by disorganized groups lashing out in a sudden and intense rash of violence, vandalism or other crime....
s. At the risk of his own life, or at least of his liberty, he interceded with Caligula on behalf of the Jews, when that emperor was attempting to set up his statue in the temple at Jerusalem shortly before his death in 41.

After Passover

Passover

Passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Ancient Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from Judaism and slavery....
in 44, Agrippa went to Caesarea, where he had games performed in honor of Claudius. In the midst of his elation Agrippa saw an owl

Owl

The Strigiformes are an order of bird of prey, comprising 200 species. Most are solitary, and Nocturnal animal, with some exceptions . Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish....
perched over his head. During his imprisonment by Tiberius a similar omen

Omen

An omen is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change. Omens may be considered "good" or "bad", but the term is more often used in a foreboding sense, as with the word "ominous"....
had been interpreted as portending his speedy release, with the warning that should he behold the same sight again, he would die within five days. He was immediately smitten with violent pains, scolded his friends for flattering him and accepted his imminent death. He experienced heart pains and a pain in his abdomen, and died after five days. Acts

Acts of the Apostles

Herod of Chalcis

File:Herold_of_Chalcis_coin_showing_Herod_of_Chalcis_with_brother_Agrippa_of_Judaea_crowning_Roman_Emperor_Claudius_I.jpgHerod of Chalcis , was a son of Aristobulus IV, and the grandson of Herod the Great, Roman client king of Iudaea Province....
, and Helcias send Aristo to kill Silas.

Account in the New Testament

, showing Herod of Chalcis with brother Agrippa I crowning Roman Emperor Claudius I.]] In Acts of the Apostles

Acts of the Apostles

New Testament

The New Testament is the name given to the second major division of the Christianity Bible, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
, about the time of the Passover

Passover

Passover is a Jewish and Samaritan holy day and festival commemorating God sparing the Israelites when He killed the first born of Egypt, and is followed by the seven day Feast of the Unleavened Bread commemorating the Exodus from Ancient Egypt and the liberation of the Israelites from Judaism and slavery....
in 44, James, son of Zebedee, was seized by Agrippa's order and put to death by beheading. Agrippa proceeded also to lay hands on Peter

Saint Peter

Saint Peter was a leader of the early Christianity church, who features prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles....
, and imprisoned him, but God

God

God is a deity in theism and deism religions and other belief systems, representing either the sole deity in monotheism, or a principal deity in polytheism....
sent an angel, and the angel released Peter from prison. After that Passover, Agrippa went to Caesarea, where the inhabitants of Tyre and Sidon

Sidon

Sidon,or Sa?da, is the third-largest city in Lebanon. It is located in the South Governorate, Lebanon of Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea coast, about 40 km north of Tyre, Lebanon and 40 km south of the capital Beirut....
waited on him to sue for peace.

Agrippa, gorgeously arrayed, received them in the stadium, and addressed them from a throne, while the audience cried out that his was "the voice of a god, not a man" (in this identical to the account in Josephus). But "the angel of the Lord

Angel of the Lord

The Angel of the Lord is one of many terms in the Hebrew Bible used for an angel. The Biblical name for angel, malech, which translates simply as "messenger," obtained the further signification of "angel" only through the addition of God's name, as ....
smote him", and shortly afterwards he died, "eaten of worms", in 44 AD.

Progeny

By his wife Cypros he had a son, Agrippa II

Agrippa II

Agrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians....
, and three daughters, including Berenice, who first married her uncle Herod III, king of Chalcis

Chalcis, Syria

Cilicia

In antiquity, Cilicia now known as ?ukurova, was a commonly used name of the south coastal region of the Anatolian peninsula, and a political entity in Roman times....
; she is alluded to by Juvenal

Juvenal

The Satires are a collection of satire poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries A.D.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five scroll; all are in the Roman genre of Satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and soc...
; Mariamne

Mariamne (daughter of Herod Agrippa I)

Mariamne was a daughter of King Herod Agrippa I. She was betrothed by her father to Gaius Julius Archelaus Antiochus Epiphanes, first son of King Antiochus IV of Commagene, but this marriage had not yet been enacted upon her father's death....
, and Drusilla

Drusilla (daughter of Agrippa I)

Drusilla was a daughter of Herod Agrippa I and thus sister to Berenice , Mariamne and Herod Agrippa II....
, who married Antonius Felix

Antonius Felix

Marcus Antonius Felix was the ancient Rome procurator of Iudaea Province 52-60, in succession to Ventidius Cumanus....
, the procurator of Judaea

List of Kings of Judea

This page lists rulers of Judea and other related Jewish Kingdoms from the Maccabean Rebellion to the final Roman annexations....
.

Agrippa in other media

Herod Agrippa is the protagonist of the Italian opera, L’Agrippa tetrarca di Gerusalemme (1724) by Giuseppe Maria Buini (mus.) and Claudio Nicola Stampa (libr.), first performed at the Teatro Ducale of Milan
Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
, Italy, on August 28, 1724.
Herod Agrippa is a major figure in Robert Graves
Robert Graves

Robert Ranke Graves was an England poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of the famous German historian Leopold von Ranke....
' novel Claudius the God
I, Claudius

For other uses see I, Claudius .I, Claudius is a novel by England writer Robert Graves, first published in 1934 in literature, that deals sympathetically with the life of the Roman Emperor Claudius and cynically with the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and Roman Empire, from Julius Caesar's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula...
, as well as the BBC television adaptation I, Claudius
I, Claudius (TV series)

I, Claudius is a 1976 BBC Television adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius. Written by Jack Pulman, it proved one of the corporation's most successful drama serials of all time....
, (wherein he was portrayed by James Faulkner
James Faulkner

James Faulkner is a British people actor. Known for his many various appearance on television and in movies.Faulkner made his big screen debut as Josef Strauss in The Great Waltz in 1972....
). He is depicted as one of Claudius' closest life-long friends.

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, article in historical sourcebook by Mahlon H. Smith