Herod Archelaus

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Herod Archelaus
Ethnarch
Herod Archelaus from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum
Reign	4 BCE – 6 CE
Predecessor	Herod the Great
Successor	Coponius (Prefect of Judaea)
Born	23 BCE
Died	c. 18 CE 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.