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TETRARCH (TETp&pX1)S)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 671 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TETRARCH (TETp&pX1)S)  , the ruler of a tetrarchy, that is, in the See also:original sense of the word, of one See also:quarter of a region . Such were the tetrarchies of See also:Thessaly as reconstructed by See also:Philip of Macedon and of See also:Galatia before its See also:conquest by the See also:Romans (169 B.C.) . In later times the See also:title of See also:tetrarch is See also:familiar from the New Testament as See also:borne by certain princes of the See also:petty dynasties which the Romans allowed to exercise a de-pendent See also:sovereignty within the See also:province of See also:Syria . In this application it has lost its original precise sense, and means only the ruler of See also:part of a divided See also:kingdom, or of a See also:district too unimportant to justify a higher title . After the See also:death of See also:Herod the See also:Great (4 B.C.) his See also:realm was shared among his three sons: the See also:chief part, including See also:Judaea, See also:Samaria and See also:Idumaea, See also:fell to See also:Archelaus (Matt. ii . 22), with the title of ethnarch (See also:Josephus, Antiq., xvii . 11, 4); Philip received the See also:north-See also:east of the realm and was called tetrarch; and See also:Galilee was given to Herod Antipas, who See also:bore the same title (See also:Luke iii . 1) . These three sovereignties were reunited under Herod See also:Agrippa from A.D . 41 to 44 . In the same passage of Luke mention is made of See also:Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene near See also:Damascus, in the valley of the Barada .

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