AGRIPPA, HEROD, I. (c. 10 B.C.-A.D. 44), king of Judea,
the son of Aristobulus and Berenice, and grandson of Herod the
Great, was born about 10 B.C. His original name was Marcus
Julius Agrippa. Josephus informs us that, after the murder
of his father, Herod the Great sent him to
Rome to the court
of Tiberius, who conceived a great affection for him, and
placed him near his son Drusus, whose favour he very soon
won. On the death of Drusus, Agrippa, who had been recklessly
extravagant, was obliged to leave Rome, overwhelmed with
debt. After a brief seclusion, Herod the Tetrarch, his uncle,
who had married Herodias, his sister, made him Agoranomos
(Overseer of Markets) of Tiberias, and presented him with
a large sum of money
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