Agrippa I_

Marcus Julius Agrippa I, also known as Agrippa I or Herod Agrippa, was a Roman citizen, under the patronage of Antonia Minor, friend of Roman emperors Caligula and Claudius, and the last client king of Judea. He was a grandson of Herod the Great and Mariamne I, the father of Herod Agrippa II, the last known king from the Hasmonean branch of the Herodian dynasty. He played crucial roles in internal Roman politics under Caligula and was a "kingmaker" of Claudius, as part of the Antonii-family and familia Caesaris. In return he was rewarded with the kingship of Judea, which brought a short but successful period of relative independence to Judea and significant influence in the Eastern Roman Empire.