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tetrarch(Greek; “ruler of a quarter”) In Greco-Roman antiquity, the ruler of a principality, originally the ruler of one-quarter of a region or province. The first tetrarchs ruled the four tetrarchies of Thessaly under Philip II of Macedonia. Tetrarchs ruled in Galatia (in Asia Minor) before the Roman conquest (169 BC) and still later in Hellenized Syria and Palestine, where the title denoted the semi-independent ruler of a divided kingdom or minor district. Herod the Great's realm after his death (4 BC) was ruled by his three sons, two of whom were called tetrarchs. |
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After Actium, Augustus' subsequent reign of more than 40 years was a comparatively tranquil one, in spite of atrocities committed by certain of his imperial subordinates, like the Judean tetrarch Herod. When John was beheaded on the order of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, John's group of followers floundered and ultimately disappeared. After the murder of John the Baptist, Jesus had to escape to friendly towns outside the territory of "that fox," Herod Antipas, the tetrarch. |
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