Mariamne
Family: Judean · Role: mother of Herod · First appears: Book I, Chapter 29
In Book I, Chapter 29, Mariamne is identified as the mother of Herod, son of Mariamne. In Chapter 30, Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) removed their son from his testament and succession, “blotted Herod, whom he had by her, out of his tretament.”
By Book II, Chapter 7, Mariamne was the wife of Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace), who divorced her and married Glaphyra. In Book V, Chapter 4, Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) had killed Mariamne, his wife, amid love and jealousy; he also named one of his towers for her, and in Chapter 11 Megassarus is described as descended from some of Queen Mariamne’s servants.
Relationship record
Life events
- Herod removed Herod the son of Mariamne from his testament and succession.(Book I, Chapter 30)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) Herod, son of Mariamne Antipater (son of Herod and Doris)
- “Whereupon the king avenged this insolent attempt of the mother upon her son, and blotted Herod, whom he had by her, out of his tretament, who had been before named therein as successor to Antipater.”
- Archelaus divorces Mariamne and marries Glaphyra.(Book II, Chapter 7)
- With: Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) Glaphyra
- “Then it was that Archelaus, the ethnarch, saw her, and fell so deeply in love with her, that he divorced Mariamne, who was then his wife, and married her.”
- Herod killed Mariamne, his wife, amid love and jealousy.(Book V, Chapter 4 · 📍 Jerusalem)
- With: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros)
- “This wife he had slain, out of his love [and jealousy], as we have already related;”
Book I, Chapter 29
- child: Herod, son of Mariamne “that Herod, I mean, who was the son of Mariamne.”
Book I, Chapter 30
- child: Herod, son of Mariamne “blotted Herod, whom he had by her, out of his tretament, who had been before named therein as successor to Antipater.”
Book II, Chapter 7
- married with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “he divorced Mariamne, who was then his wife”
Book V, Chapter 4
- with Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) (Mariamne was Herod's wife; the chapter also states that he had slain her.) “The third tower was Mariamne, for that was his queen's name; it was solid as high as twenty cubits; its breadth and its length were twenty cubits, and were equal to each other; its upper buildings were more magnificent, and had greater variety, than the other towers had; for the king thought it most proper for him to adorn that which was denominated from his wife, better than those denominated from men, as those were built stronger than this that bore his wife's name. The entire height of this tower was fifty cubits.”
Book V, Chapter 11
- with Megassarus (Megassarus is described as deriving from some of Mariamne's servants.) “and Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants”
- with Megassarus (Megassarus is described as connected with Mariamne's servants.) “Megassarus, one who was derived from some of queen Mariamne's servants”
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Extracted from the original text of The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem. Made with Rho MD.