Of course, that's a neat trick. Apparently every Tom, Dick and Harry could do it.
Yeah - I saw "I, Claudius" too. While Claudius and Herod Agrippa doubtless knew each other as boys the random element introduced was Caligula who was 20 years younger than the others but still became friends with Herod Agrippa and was the first to reward him with the territories of his older relatives as they began to die off. Claudius continued the process and under his watch Herod Agrippa had a realm as large as Herod the Great's.
One of the great mysteries is why the Romans were always so eager to find some member of the Herodian clan to exercise direct rule over Judaea rather than just use the model which was so effective for them everywhere else.
Quote: I don't know if you'd call this sin, but I recently read a(n) historical novel on the personal and political interaction between Claudius and Herod Agrippa.
Yeah - I saw "I, Claudius" too. While Claudius and Herod Agrippa doubtless knew each other as boys the random element introduced was Caligula who was 20 years younger than the others but still became friends with Herod Agrippa and was the first to reward him with the territories of his older relatives as they began to die off. Claudius continued the process and under his watch Herod Agrippa had a realm as large as Herod the Great's.
One of the great mysteries is why the Romans were always so eager to find some member of the Herodian clan to exercise direct rule over Judaea rather than just use the model which was so effective for them everywhere else.
