Editing Herod Agrippa (section)

=== Return to Judea ===
Agrippa I squandered the rest of his fortune trying to win the favor of the [[Ancient Roman freedmen|freedmen]] of Tiberius,<ref name="Hadas-Lebel 2009, p.79">{{harvsp|Hadas-Lebel|2009|p=79}}.</ref> and he hastily left Rome for the [[Judaea (Roman province)|province of Judaea]].<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.226" /> In Judaea he experienced various adventures and scandals linked to the need to ensure his lifestyle without enjoying the corresponding income.<ref name="Goodman 2009, p.107" />

Around 26, Agrippa married his cousin [[Cypros (wife of Herod Agrippa)|Cypros]] (daughter of Phasael, son of the tetrarch [[Phasael]])<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.226" /> who gave him a son named [[Herod Agrippa II]].<ref name="Schwartz 1990, p.47">{{harvsp|Schwartz|1990|p=47}}.</ref> Agrippa I and Cypros lived in a fortress in Malatha of [[Edom|Idumea]] where they led a modest existence, far from the splendor of the imperial court.<ref name="Smallwood_188" />

Cypros got along well with [[Herodias]], the wife of Herod Antipas,<ref name="Smallwood_188" /> who encouraged Antipas to continue to help Agrippa I. Antipas provided him with money, offered to settle Agrippa I and his family in [[Tiberias]], and appointed him as the ''[[agoranomos]]'' (organizer of the ''[[agora]]'') of the city, which provided him with a regular income.<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.226" /> However, this situation was short-lived. Agrippa I accepted at first, but he soon gave the impression of not being satisfied with what was given to him.<ref name="Schwentzel 2011, p.226" /> He quickly found this burden boring in a small provincial town devoid of the amenities of the Roman civilization which he had become accustomed. He quarreled with Antipas during a banquet in [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]] and then went to [[Roman Syria|Syria]], of which his friend [[Lucius Pomponius Flaccus]] was the legate.<ref name="Smallwood_188" /> Shortly after, he was disgraced following an intervention by his brother [[Aristobulus Minor]], who denounced him to Flaccus for having received a bribe to defend the interests of [[Damascus]] against [[Sidon]] in a border dispute brought before his legate friend.<ref name="Smallwood_188" /> Agrippa I then decided to attempt a return to Rome where Tiberius might agree to receive his son's old friends again.<ref name="Smallwood_189">{{harvsp|Smallwood|1976|p=189}}.</ref>