Herod’s Legacy
–Herod’s
children
u4 BC, riots erupted at Herod’s death that the Roman legate of
Syria, Varius had to suppress
uHerod’s will gave the kingdom to three of his sons (ratified
by the Roman Senate)
–Judea, Samaria, and Idumea – Archelaus as ethnarch
–Galilee – Antipas as
tetrarch
–Perea – Philip as
tetrarch