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278:. A reconciliation was brought about, but it was of short duration; and shortly afterward (about 10 BC) Alexander was thrown into prison upon the evidence of a tortured witness who accused him of planning the murder of Herod. Intercepted letters were produced which revealed Alexander's bitterness against his father. In vain did Archelaus, Alexander's father-in-law, endeavor to bring about better relations between them; the reconciliation was again a brief one, so that once more the intrigues of Antipater and Salome succeeded in securing the incarceration of Alexander and Aristobulus (about 8 BC). This was dynastic conflict, in the key territory bridging West and East and the context was instability erupting across the Roman Empire. 22: 99: 290:
against them with Augustus, who put the matter into Herod's own hands so that he would take charge of this case and have the last word.The attempts of Alexander's friends, by means of petition to King Herod, to avert the execution of the sentence, resulted in the death of Tero — an old and devoted
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of Herod, who began to fear retribution should he become King. One concern about this account is Josephus' potential bias towards his Roman audience; his criticism may not be genuine and merely an attempt to discredit Judea after a major rebellion.
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servant of Herod who openly remonstrated with the king for the enormity of the proposed judicial crime — and of 300 others who were denounced as partisans of Alexander. The sentence was carried out without delay; about the year 7 BC, at
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for the throne instead of the half-Jewish Herod. However, he became marked by a certain degree of vanity and a spirit of vindictiveness, which rendered him extremely unpopular with the
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repeatedly warned Herod of danger threatening him from Alexander and his brother Aristobulus. The king felt that it was not impossible that his sons meditated revenge for
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There are three princes by the name Phasael in the Herodian dynasty, all three mentioned by Josephus in "War" (BJ) and "Antiquities" (AJ):
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by right of descent on his mother's side, he was sent to Rome for his education in the year 23 BC. He remained there in the household of
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The unfortunate fate which persistently pursued the Hasmonean house overtook this prince also. As heir presumptive to the
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Alexander's handsome appearance and sincerity endeared him to the public, who supported the house of the
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Phasael III, son of Herod the Great (BJ 1.181; AJ 14.121) and father of
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Phasael I, son of Antipater and Cypros (BJ 1.181; AJ 14.121)
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Josephus, Ant. xv. 10, § 1; xvi. 1, § 2; 3, §§ 1-3; 4, §§ 1-6, etc.;
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Phasael II, son of Phasael I (BJ 1.266; AJ 17.196)
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was born about 35 BC; died about 7 BC. His mother was the
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Nuremberg Chronicle
Glaphyra
Issue
Tigranes V of Armenia
Alexander
Dynasty
Herodian dynasty
Herod the Great
Mariamne I
Hasmonean
Mariamne
throne
Asinius Pollio
Herod
Aristobulus
Glaphyra
Archelaus of Cappadocia
Tigranes
Alexander
Maccabees
partisans
Salome

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