of Judea, met Drusilla, probably at her brother's court (Berenice, the elder sister, lived with her brother at this time, and it is thought Drusilla did...

Governor of Judea. Between the years 54 to 56, Felix divorced Drusilla as he fell in love with and married the Herodian princess Drusilla. Drusilla held the...

client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of...

Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – 28 September 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of emperor Augustus. She was known as Julia Augusta...

Felix's second wife was the Judean Drusilla of Judea, daughter of Herod Agrippa I and Cypros. Drusilla of Judea divorced Gaius Julius Azizus, King of...

as Herod II or Agrippa I (Hebrew: אגריפס), was the last Jewish king of Judea. He was a grandson of Herod the Great and the father of Herod Agrippa II...

Cypros (1st-century) was a queen consort of Judea. She was married to king Herod Agrippa. She was born to Phasael II and Salampsio and was the granddaughter...

Herod" or "Herod" in Acts 12 Felix governor of Judea who was present at the trial of Paul, and his wife Drusilla in Acts 24:24 Herod Agrippa II, king over...

inscription. She is sometimes assumed to have had the same cognomen as her niece Drusilla. Second marriage to Glaphyra, a princess of Cappadocia, and widow of Alexander...

Ἀρχέλαος, Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC – c. AD 18) was the ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years (c...

Porcius Festus was the 5th procurator of Judea from about 59 to 62, succeeding Antonius Felix. The exact time of Festus in office is not known. The earliest...

Aristobulus IV (31–7 BC) was a prince of Judea from the Herodian dynasty, and was married to his cousin, Berenice, daughter of Costobarus and Salome I...

Clodius Pulcher. Hyrcanus II, the Roman-supported Hasmonean High Priest of Judea, fled Jerusalem to Gabinius to seek protection against his rival and son-in-law...

Nero and Drusus, and three younger sisters, Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla. At the age of two or three, he accompanied his father...

before Pontius Pilate for trial, since Pilate was the governor of Roman Judea, which encompassed Jerusalem where Jesus was arrested. Pilate initially...

early Roman period for part of ancient Transjordan. It lay broadly east of Judea and Samaria, which were situated on the western side of the Jordan River...

last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client. Agrippa II fled Jerusalem in 66, fearing the Jewish uprising...

own knife by Timon and the attempt is never made. Livia Drusilla Alice Henley Livia Drusilla 2.8–2.10 Young wife of Octavian; introduced in "A Necessary...

Rufus is appointed Prefect of Judea. Augustus orders a major invasion of Germany beyond the Rhine. Quirinius returns from Judea to become a counselor to Tiberius...

Agrippa II (b. 27), and her younger sisters were Mariamne (b. 34) and Drusilla (b. 38). According to Josephus, there was also a younger brother called...

was a Jewish slave and personal maid in the service of the Empress Livia Drusilla, wife of Caesar Augustus. Little is known about Acme's early life, other...

Alexander I prince of Judea (2) Aristobulus IV prince of Judea (3) Herod II Philip prince of Judea (4) Herod Archelaus ethnarch of Judea, Idumea (4) Herod...

in 42 BC to Roman politician Tiberius Claudius Nero and his wife, Livia Drusilla. In 38 BC, Tiberius's mother divorced his father and married Augustus....

After the banishment of the ethnarch Herod Archelaus from the tetrarchy of Judea in AD 6, Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria, to which the...

rendering of Joshua (Hebrew Yehoshua, later Yeshua), and was not uncommon in Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus. Popular etymology linked the names Yehoshua...

Claudius is accepted as emperor by the Senate. Claudius makes Agrippa king of Judea. Messalina, wife of Claudius, persuades Claudius to have Seneca the Younger...

up later at the Council of Jerusalem (Acts 15). Taking into account that Judea had been within the Hellenic orbit since the conquest of Alexander the Great...

establishes Roman annexation of Judea as a client kingdom. He also permanently abolishes Seleucid Syria. Aristobulus II of Judea removed from power & John Hyrcanus...

suggestion has been that Judas expected Jesus to overthrow Roman rule of Judea. In this view, Judas is a disillusioned disciple betraying Jesus not so...

Minor, the Greek provinces of Achaia, Macedonia, and Cyprus, as well as Judea and Syria, as narrated in the Acts. Fourteen of the 27 books in the New...