Editing Herod Agrippa (section)

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Herod Agrippa I was born in [[Caesarea Maritima]] around 11 BC. He was the son of [[Aristobulus IV]], one of the children that [[Herod the Great]] had with [[Mariamne I|Mariamne the Hasmonean]]. His mother was [[Berenice (daughter of Salome)|Berenice]], daughter of [[Salome I|Salome]], daughter of [[Antipater the Idumaean|Antipater]] and sister of Herod the Great.<ref name="Goodman 2009, p.106">{{harvsp|Goodman|2009|p=106}}.</ref> Herod the Great was therefore both the paternal grandfather and the maternal great-uncle of Agrippa. His parents marked the Roman status of this Jewish prince by giving him the name of a close collaborator of Emperor [[Augustus]], [[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]].<ref name="Goodman 2009, p.106"/>

Herod the Great, a ruler perceived as a ruthless usurper by his subjects, was a devoted supporter of the [[Roman Empire]] and promoted its cause throughout his kingdom.<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.401"/> His reign was characterized by violence and numerous family intrigues as he had 10 wives.<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.395">{{harvsp|Mimouni|2012|p=395}}.</ref> In 29 BC, Herod executed his wife Mariamne,<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.225">{{harvsp|Schwentzel|2011|p=225}}.</ref> Agrippa I's grandmother, out of jealousy.<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.401">{{harvsp|Mimouni|2012|p=225}}.</ref> The following year, he executed Agrippa's mother Berenice.<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.395"/> In 7 BC, when Agrippa I was just three or four years old,<ref name="Smallwood_187">{{harvsp|Smallwood|1976|p=187}}.</ref> Herod had Agrippa I's father Aristobulus IV and uncle [[Alexander, son of Herod|Alexander]] executed following more palace intrigues. These events also led to the executions of [[Antipater (son of Herod the Great)|Antipater]], a son Herod had with Doris, and [[Costobarus]], Agrippa I's maternal grandfather, three years later.<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p.39">{{harvsp|Schwartz|1990|p=39}}.</ref> Herod was responsible for the deaths of numerous members of the [[Hasmonean dynasty]] and its supporters, almost wiping them out entirely.<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.401"/> However, he spared the children of Aristobulus, including Agrippa I, [[Herod of Chalcis|Herod]], and [[Aristobulus Minor]] as well as the daughters [[Herodias]] and [[Mariamne III|Mariamne]].<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p.39"/> Agrippa I thus descends from both the Hasmonean and Herodian dynasties, but his father's death sentence for treason seems to set him aside from a logic of succession.<ref name="Goodman 2009, p.106" />