Daughter of Agrippa I
Wife of her uncle, Herod
of Chalcis
Herodian princess, who was
widowed twice before she was 20, became a close companion &
mistress first of her brother Agrippa
II & then of the Roman general Titus.
The politically moderate great-granddaughter of Herod
used her wealth & position to try to
mediate between the populace of Jerusalem & the forces of Rome but to
little avail. Before the great revolt of 66
CE she was attacked by
Jewish zealots because of her rumored incestuous relationship with her
brother; and after the fall of Jerusalem she was scorned by Romans because she
was a Jew. Luke portrays her as present during Paul's audience with
Agrippa at Caesarea [Acts 25-26].
References:
Josephus,
Antiquities
19.276-277,
354.
______, War
2.217-221,
310-314,
333-334.
Tacitus,
Histories 2.2.
Other
resources on line:
Perspective on the
World of Jesus 