Philip the Tetrarch

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Philip the Tetrarch was a son of Herod the Great who ruled as a Roman client prince over the northeastern territories of his father's former kingdom in the early first century CE.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf 1st-century ruler
Herodian prince
Roman client ruler
tetrarch
administrativeStyle mild
allegiance Rome
alsoKnownAs Philip the Tetrarch
Herod Philip
surface form: "Philip, son of Herod the Great"
birthYear c. 26 BCE
burialPlace his own city (likely Julias)
capital Caesarea Philippi
coinage issued coins bearing his image and imperial titles
country Roman Empire
deathPlace likely Julias or Caesarea Philippi
deathYear 34 CE
dynasty Herodian dynasty
ethnicBackground Idumean-Jewish
father Herod the Great NERFINISHED
foundedCity Caesarea Philippi
Julias
fullName Herod Philip NERFINISHED
governedRegion northeastern part of Herod the Great's former kingdom
knownFor peaceful and just rule
urban development in his territories
language Aramaic
Greek
mentionedIn New Testament (Luke 3:1)
works of Flavius Josephus
mother Cleopatra of Jerusalem
namedAfter Augustus
surface form: "Caesar Augustus"
namedCityAfter Augustus
surface form: "Caesar Augustus"

Julia the Elder
surface form: "Julia the daughter of Augustus"
occupation Roman client prince
tetrarch
predecessor Herod the Great NERFINISHED
reignEnd 34 CE
reignStart 4 BCE
religion Judaism
sibling Archelaus NERFINISHED
Herod Antipas NERFINISHED
Herod Philip I NERFINISHED
spouse Salome (daughter of Herod II)
surface form: "Salome, daughter of Herodias"
successor Roman province of Syria
territoryRuled Auranitis
Herodian Kingdom
surface form: "Batanea"

Gaulanitis
Iturea
Trachonitis
title Herod Philip
surface form: "Tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis"

Referenced by (5)

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

Philip the Tetrarch alsoKnownAs Philip the Tetrarch
Herod the Great child Philip the Tetrarch
Herod Archelaus sibling Philip the Tetrarch
Herod the Great successor Philip the Tetrarch
Herodias uncle Philip the Tetrarch