This district was included with Galilee in the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas. |
It was built by Herod Antipas, the murderer of John the Baptist, and named after the Emperor Tiberius. |
Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, was tetrarch of Galilee and Peraea. |
The emperor exiled Antipas and awarded his tetrarchy to Agrippa. |
Among those named were Antipas Nyok, Anthony Joseph, Bol Makueng Yol, Henry Wani, Charles Abdu, Angui Diing and Nifana Bol for social affairs. |
The division of tetrarchies between Antipas and Philip had been instituted by Rome, but it divided territory that Judaism considered to be part of Israel's heritage. |