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Herod Agrippa I 10BC-AD44
Ruler of Judea
The son of Aristobulus and Berenice, and grandson of Herod the Great, he was educated at the court of the Emperor Augustus after his father was executed by Herod the Great, and lived there until his debts compelled him to take refuge in Idumea. From this period almost to the death of Tiberius he suffered a variety of misfortunes, but, having formed a friendship with Caligula, he received from him four tetrarchies, and, after the banishment of Herod Antipas, that of Galilee and Peraea. Claudius added to his dominions Judea and Samaria. He showed some skill on conciliating the Romans and Jews, and produced a Roman-type coinage, but repressed the Christians, executing St James and imprisoning St Peter.
Bibliography: A H Jones, Herods of Judea (1938)
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