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| Herod Archelaus | |
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| Ethnarch | |
 Herod Archelaus from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum | |
| Reign | 4 BC – 6 AD |
| Predecessor | Herod the Great |
| Successor | Coponius (Prefect of Judaea) |
| Born | 23 BC |
| Died | c. 18 AD Jericho |
| Dynasty | Herodian Dynasty |
| Father | Herod the Great |
| Mother | Malthace |
Herod Archelaus (Ancient Greek: Ἡρῴδης Ἀρχέλαος, Hērōidēs Archelaos; 23 BC – c. AD 18) was the ethnarch[1][2] of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea, including the cities Caesarea and Jaffa, for nine years[3] (c. 4 BC to AD 6). He was the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother of Herod Antipas, and half-brother of Herod II. Archelaus (a name meaning "leading the people") came to power after the death of his father Herod the Great in 4 BC, and ruled over one-half of the territorial dominion of his father. Archelaus was removed by the Roman emperor Augustus when Judaea province was formed under direct Roman rule, at the time of the Census of Quirinius.
- ^ Josephus, Antiquities (book 17, chapter 11, verse 4).
- ^ Shatzman, Israel (1991). The Armies of the Hasmonaeans and Herod: From Hellenistic to Roman Frameworks. Mohr Siebeck. p. 129. ISBN 978-3161456176. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ^ Josephus, Wars of the Jews (book 2, chapter 7, verse 3).