Aristobulus (son of Herod of Chalcis)
Family: Herodian · Role: son · First appears: Book II, Chapter 11
In Book II, Chapter 11, Aristobulus was left behind when Herod, king of Chalcis, died. He was the son of Herod and his former wife Mariamne, and was named alongside Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus, the two sons of Herod and his brother’s daughter Bernice.
By Book II, Chapter 13, Nero became Aristobulus’s patron, bestowing upon him the kingdom of Lesser Armenia: “Nero therefore bestowed the kingdom of the Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus, Herod's son.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Nero bestowed the kingdom of the Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus.(Book II, Chapter 13 · 📍 Lesser Armenia)
- With: Nero
- “Nero therefore bestowed the kingdom of the Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus, Herod's son”
Book II, Chapter 11
- parent: Herod (king of Chalcis) (Herod is the father of Aristobulus.) “[He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”
- parent: Mariamne (daughter of Agrippa and Cypros) (Mariamne is the mother of Aristobulus.) “[He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”
- siblings with Bernie Janus (They are both identified as Herod's sons.) “Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus. [He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”
- siblings with Hyrcanus (son of Herod of Chalcis and Bernice) (They are both identified as Herod's sons.) “Herod the king of Chalcis died, and left behind him two sons, born to him of his brother's daughter Bernice; their names were Bernie Janus and Hyrcanus. [He also left behind him] Aristobulus, whom he had by his former wife Mariamne.”
Book II, Chapter 13
- parent: Herod (king of Chalcis) (Herod is Aristobulus's father.) “Aristobulus, Herod's son”
- with Nero (Nero bestowed the kingdom of Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus.) “Nero therefore bestowed the kingdom of the Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus, Herod's son”
- patron: Nero (Nero granted Aristobulus a kingdom.) “Nero therefore bestowed the kingdom of the Lesser Armenia upon Aristobulus, Herod's son,”
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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.