Herod Antipas

Also known as: Herod the tetrarch / that Herod who was called Antipas · Role: tetrarch · First appears: Book II, Chapter 9

In Book II, Chapter 9, after the ethnarchy of Archelaus became a Roman province, Herod Antipas and his siblings Philip and Archelaus were connected with the administration of their territories; he was one of the sons of Herod. Agrippa followed him in order to accuse him, while Herodias reproached him for his sloth and said that he lacked greater dignity only because he would not sail to Caesar.

Herod Antipas came to Caius, who punished his ambition by banishing him to Spain.

Relationship record

Book II, Chapter 9

• parent: Herod (son of Antipater and Cypros) “the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies”
• enemies with Agrippa (son of Aristobulus and Bernice) “for Agrippa followed him, in order to accuse him”
• with Caius (son of Germanicus) (Caius punished and banished Herod Antipas.) “he came to Caius, by whom he was punished for his ambition, by being banished into Spain”
• siblings with Archelaus (son of Herod and Malthace) “And now as the ethnarchy of Archelaus was fallen into a Roman province, the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies;”
• siblings with Philip (son of Herod and Cleopatra of Jerusalem) “the other sons of Herod, Philip, and that Herod who was called Antipas, each of them took upon them the administration of their own tetrarchies”
• with Agrippa (son of Aristobulus and Bernice) (Agrippa acted as Herod Antipas's accuser.) “for Agrippa followed him, in order to accuse him”
• with Herodias (Herodias urged Herod Antipas to seek royal authority.) “who reproached him for his sloth, and told him that it was only because he would not sail to Caesar that he was destitute of that great dignity”

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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.