Aristobulus Minor
Aristobulus Minor or Aristobulus the Younger (flourished 1st century BC and 1st century AD, died after 44) was a prince from the
ancestry.He was the youngest son born to prince Aristobulus IV and princess Berenice of Judea. His parents were first cousins and thus Aristobulus was a grandson to Herod the Great.
When growing up, he was educated along with his eldest brothers,
Aristobulus lived at enmity with Agrippa I. Aristobulus denounced Agrippa I and forced him to leave from the protection of Flaccus, the Proconsul of Syria. Agrippa I was charged with bribing the Damascenes to support their cause with the Proconsul against the Sidonians.
Aristobulus married
In the reign of Emperor Caligula 37-41, Aristobulus had opposed the emperor in setting up statues of himself in the Temple in Jerusalem. He survived his brother Agrippa I, who died in 44.
Family tree
Alexander | Alexandra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Herod the Great | Mariamne I d. 29 BC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Aristobulus d. 7 BC | Berenice I | Sampsiceramus II king of Emesa | Iotapa I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mariamne III | Herod V | Herodias | Herod Agrippa I | Aristobulus Minor | Iotapa II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sources
- Schwartz, Seth (1990). Josephus and Judaean politics. Columbia studies in the classical tradition. Leiden, New York: Brill. p. 137. OCLC 21595783.-
- OCLC 869407686.
- Richard Gottheil; H. G. Enelow (1901–1906). "Aristobulus". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.