Herod Archelaus

Ethnarch of Samaria/Judea/Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD

  • Fame54.3
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Lived -23–18, aged 41
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    -23–18
    Aged 41
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Updated 2026-06-09

He inherited half his father's kingdom and lost it all within a decade. Herod Archelaus ruled Judea, Samaria, and Idumea for nine years before Rome decided he wasn't worth the trouble and annexed his territory outright.

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Herod Archelaus was born in 23 BC, son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother to Herod Antipas and half-brother to Herod II. When Herod the Great died in 4 BC, Archelaus took power as ethnarch over half his father's domain: Judea, Samaria, Idumea, and the coastal cities of Caesarea and Jaffa. His rule formed part of the Herodian tetrarchy, the fractured arrangement that replaced his father's unified kingdom. By AD 6, the Roman emperor Augustus had seen enough and removed him from power, folding his territory into the new Judaea province under direct Roman administration during…

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