Phasael

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Phasael was a Judean nobleman and brother of Herod the Great who served as a Hasmonean-era governor under Roman rule.

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Phasael canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Judean nobleman
governor
historical figure
allegiance Herodian enclosure
surface form: Herodian house

Rome
associatedWith Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean kingdom of Judea

Herodian dynasty
capturedBy Parthian Empire
surface form: Parthians
countryOfCitizenship Judea
dateOfDeath 40 BCE
describedBySource Flavius Josephus
describedIn Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
surface form: The Jewish War
employer Hasmonean dynasty
Roman Republic
era 1st century BCE
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
father Antipater the Idumaean
governedTerritory Jerusalem
Judea
mannerOfDeath suicide
mother Cypros
notableEvent defense of Jerusalem against Antigonus II Mattathias
notableFor loyalty to Herod the Great
role in Roman client rule over Judea
notableRelative Herod the Great
Mariamne I
opponent Antigonus II Mattathias
Parthian Empire
placeOfDeath Parthian territory
positionHeld governor of Jerusalem
tetrarch
religion Judaism
sibling Herod the Great
Joseph
Pheroras
Salome I
timePeriod Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean period

late Second Temple period

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cypros child Phasael
Antipater the Idumaean child Phasael
Shaqilat I relative Phasael
Antigonus II opponent Phasael