The Herodian tetrarchy was a regional division of a client state of Rome, formed following the death of Herod the Great in 4 BCE.

The last of them, Agrippa II, died childless in c. 100 CE and thus all territories previously ruled by members of the Herodian dynasty were incorporated into the province of Syria.

[4] On the other hand, Luke the Evangelist refers to Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene, in his list of rulers at the time of John the Baptist, alongside Pontius Pilate (one of a series of Roman governors who replaced Archelaus), Herod (Antipas), and Philip.

[6] Canaan State of Israel (1948–present) At the time of his death, Herod ruled over most of the South Western Levant, as a client-state of the Roman Empire.

[9] Herod's sister Salome I also received the title of queen of Jamnia, ruling Paralia and some areas in southern Perea.

Eventually, after his death the kingdom was divided between three of Herod's sons: In a turbulent period of history, the rule of the tetrarchs was relatively uneventful.

The most trouble fell to Archelaus, who was faced with sedition by the Pharisees at the beginning of his reign, and crushed it with great severity.

With this acquisition, a Herodian Kingdom of the Jews was nominally re-established until his death in 44 CE though there is no indication that status as a province was suspended.