Editing Herod Agrippa (section)

====Imperial court====
[[Image:Bust Drusus minor Louvre Ma1240.jpg|thumb|Bust of Drusus, {{circa|21 CE}}]]
In 5 BC, two years after the condemnation of his father,<ref name="Mimouni 2012, p.395"/> the young Agrippa I was sent by Herod the Great to the imperial court of Rome<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.225"/> in the company of Berenice as well as his brothers and sisters.<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p. 40">{{harvsp|Schwartz|1990|p=40}}.</ref> He was supported there by his mother's friend [[Antonia Minor]] (sister-in-law of [[Tiberius]] – who would become emperor in 14 – and mother of the future emperor [[Claudius]]) as well as by Empress [[Livia]], who was the friend of his grandmother.<ref name="Smallwood_187"/> Agrippa I grew up in Rome with the children of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty|imperial family]], including [[Drusus Julius Caesar|Drusus]], the young son of Tiberius, to whom he was particularly attached, and Tiberius' nephew Claudius, who was the same age as Agrippa I.<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.225"/> He thus lived all his youth in the capital of the empire and personally knew almost all the members of the imperial family. At that time, Agrippa I's future appeared to be secured by his privileged relationship with Drusus (the heir apparent of Tiberius) and Claudius.

As young men, Agrippa I and his friends Claudius and Drusus had a reputation for immorality and excess.<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p. 45">{{harvsp|Schwartz|1990|p=45}}.</ref> Agrippa I went into debt as a result of this sumptuous life<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.225"/> and received significant financial assistance from his uncle [[Herod Antipas]].<ref name= "cha">{{cite book|last=Rogerson|first=John W.|title= Chronicle of the Old Testament Kings: the Reign-By-Reign Record of the Rulers of Ancient Israel|page= [https://archive.org/details/chronicleofoldte00john/page/195 195]|publisher=Thames & Hudson|location=London|year=1999|isbn=0500050953|url=https://archive.org/details/chronicleofoldte00john/page/58}}</ref> But Agrippa I's future darkened with the death of Drusus in 23,<ref name="Goodman 2009, p.107">{{harvsp|Goodman|2009|p=107}}.</ref> isolating him and leaving him helpless in the face of his creditors,<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.226">{{harvsp|Schwentzel|2011|p=226}}.</ref> especially since Berenice probably died at the same time.<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p. 45"/> After the death of his son, the distraught Tiberius reacted by removing Agrippa I and Claudius from his court.<ref name="Smallwood_188">{{harvsp|Smallwood|1976|p=188}}.</ref>