Aristobulus of Chalcis

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Aristobulus of Chalcis
Chalcis
Reign57–92
Died92 AD
SpouseSalome
IssueHerod
Agrippa
Aristobulus
DynastyHerodian dynasty
FatherHerod of Chalcis
MotherMariamne

Aristobulus V of Chalcis (

Chalcis in Iturea, was a grandson of Herod the Great through his father, Aristobulus IV. Mariamne was a granddaughter of Herod the Great through her mother, Olympias
; hence Aristobulus was a great-grandson of Herod the Great on both sides of his family.

Life

Aristobulus was married to Salome after the death of her first husband, Philip the Tetrarch. With her Aristobulus had three sons: Herod, Agrippa, and Aristobulus[1] Three coins with portraits of him and Salome have been found.

Aristobulus did not directly succeed his father as ruler of the Chalcis. Rather, upon his father's death in 48 AD, the emperor Claudius gave the realm to Aristobulus' first cousin, Herod Agrippa II, but only as a tetrarchy.[2] In 53 AD Agrippa II was forced to renounce the rule over tetrarchy of Chalcis, but he was given the title of king and rule over the territories previously governed by Philip the Tetrarch (also known as Herod Philip II) and Lysanias instead. Subsequently, Aristobulus was given tetrarchy of Chalcis in 57 AD.[3] He reigned as tetrarch of Chalcis until his death in 92 AD[citation needed], when the territory became part of the Roman province Syria.

He has been identified with the Aristobulus appointed by

Commagene in 73 AD,[3] and was in consequence compensated with a new kingdom, "probably Chalcis ad Belum" (modern Qinnasrin, in northern Syria.[5]
Assuming all these Aristobuli were indeed the same person, he would seem to have been ruler, at various times, of the Iturean Chalcis, Armenia Minor, and Chalcis ad Belum.

Family tree of the Herodian dynasty

Main article: Herodian dynasty
Antipater the Idumaean
procurator of Judea
1.Doris
2.
Mariamne II
4.Malthace
Herod I the Great
king of Judea		5.Cleopatra of Jerusalem
6.Pallas
7.Phaidra
8.Elpis		Phasael
governor of Jerusalem
(1) Antipater
heir of Judaea		(2) Alexander I
prince of Judea		(2) Aristobulus IV
prince of Judea		(3) Herod II Philip
prince of Judea		(4) Herod Archelaus
ethnarch of Judea, Idumea		(4) Herod Antipas
tetrarch of Galilea & Perea		(5) Philip the Tetrarch
of Iturea & Trachonitis
Tigranes V of ArmeniaAlexander II
prince of Judea		Herod Agrippa I
king of Judea		Herod V
ruler of Chalcis		Aristobulus Minor
Tigranes VI of ArmeniaHerod Agrippa II
king of Judea		Aristobulus
ruler of Chalcis
Gaius Julius Alexander
ruler of Cilicia
Gaius Julius Agrippa
quaestor of Asia		Gaius Julius Alexander Berenicianus
proconsul of Asia
Lucius Julius Gainius Fabius Agrippa
gymnasiarch

See also

References

  1. ^ Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, XVIII.5.4
  2. ^ Orr, James, ed. (2018) [1939]. The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Delmarva. p. 6669. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  3. ^ a b William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, pp. 301-302 Archived October 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Tacitus, Annals, XIII.7; XIV.26
  5. ISBN 9789004092303

Further reading
Aristobulus of Chalcis
New title
Armenia Minor

55–72 		Annexed by Rome
Vacant
Title last held by
Agrippa II
Tetrarch of Chalcis

57–92 		Title extinct
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