Polity Kingdom of Herod Archelaus

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Was one of the polities that emerged from the partition of the Kingdom of Judea after the death of Herod Agrippa.

Establishment

  • January 3 BC: When Herod died in 4 BC, the kingdom was divided among his sons into the Herodian Tetrarchy.

Chronology

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1. Partition of the Herodian Kingdom

Following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC his kingdom was divided between his sister Salome I and his sons Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Philip.

  • January 3 BC: When Herod died in 4 BC, the kingdom was divided among his sons into the Herodian Tetrarchy.

Disestablishment

  • January 7: Herod's son Herod Archelaus, ruled Judea so badly that he was dismissed in 6 CE by the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed Quirinius to exercise direct Roman rule after an appeal from Herod Archelaus' own population, thus was formed the Province of Judea.