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'''Herod Agrippa I''' (10 BCE - 44 CE) was a member of the [[:Category:Herodians (subject)|Herodian family]]. He ruled as King of Judea from 41 CE to his death in 44 CE.
==Biography==
Herod Agrippa was the son of [[:Category:Aristobulus IV (subject)|Aristobulus IV]] and Berenice, sister of [[:Category:Herod the Great (subject)|Herod the Great]]. After his father was executed by [[:Category:Herod the Great (subject)|Herod the Great]] in 7 BCE, he was sent to Rome where he was educated by [[:Category:Tiberius (subject)|Tiberius]] alongside his son Drusus and future emperor [[:Category:Claudius (subject)|Claudius]]. After spending some years in Israel, Agrippa returned to Rome where he befriended future emperor [[:Category:Caligula (subject)|Caligula]]. For his support to Caligula, Agrippa was even cast to prison. Now emperor Caligula set him free and rewarded him with territories in the East, including those belonging to Agrippa's uncle, [[:Category:Herod Antipas (subject)|Herod Antipas]], who was banished. Herod Agrippa took an active role in Jewish affairs; in 41 CE he interceded with Caligula on behalf of the Jews, when that emperor was attempting to set up his statue in the temple at Jerusalem.
The assassination of Caligula in 41 CE was not a reverse of fortune for Agrippa, as the new emperor was his childhood friend [[:Category:Claudius (subject)|Claudius]], who added the province of Judea and Samaria to Agrippa's possessions. Agrippa was now ruling a territory larger than the one that belonged to his grandfather [[:Category:Herod the Great (subject)|Herod the Great]]. Josephus describes him as a wise and kindly ruler. According to Christian tradition, however, Herod Agrippa persecuted the Jerusalem church, imprisoned [[:Category:Peter (subject)|Peter]] and had [[:Category:James son of Zebedee (subject)|James son of Zebedee]] beheaded.
The reign of Herod Agrippa did not last long as he died a sudden death in 44 CE. Agrippa's premature death was a blow for the Romans who had hoped to restore a native dynasty in Jerusalem. Agrippa's son, Herod Agrippa II, was judged too young to inherit the entire kingdom; thus Judea and Samaria returned to be a Roman province. The children Agrippa had from Cypros ([[:Category:Herod Agrippa II (subject)|Herod Agrippa II]], [[:Category:Berenice (subject)|Berenice]], Mariamne, and [[:Category:Drusilla (subject)|Drusilla]]), however, would play an important role in Judea in the years and decades to come, as the most loyal allies of the Romans in the region. 
==Herod Agrippa I in ancient sources==
*See [[Agrippa I (sources)]]
==Herod Agrippa I in Scholarship==
==Herod Agrippa I in Fiction==
==Related categories==
*[[Herod Antipas]] / [[Herodias]]
*[[Berenice]]
==References==
*'''Agrippa''' / [[David C. Braund]] / In: [[The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary]], 1:98-100
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippa_I Wikipedia]
*[http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodians/herod_agrippa_i.html Livius.org]


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