Philip and Antipas Reign as Tetrarchs
After Archelaus’ ethnarchy had been turned into a Roman province, the other two brothers, Philip and Herod Antipas, continued to administer their own tetrarchies. When Salome died she bequeathed her toparchy to Augustus’ wife Julia, together with Jamnia and the palm groves at Phasaelis. When the Roman principate passed to Julia’s son Tiberius on…
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