Roman client kingdom ruled by Herod the Great (an Idumaean), appointed 'King of the Jews' by the Roman Senate, encompassing Judea, Samaria, Galilee, Idumea, and Trans-Jordan.
On Herod's death in 4 BCE the kingdom was partitioned among his sons as a tetrarchy, and Judea proper became a direct Roman province (Judaea Province) in 6 CE; nominal Herodian kingship over parts of the territory persisted until Agrippa I's death in 44 CE and titular kingship until Agrippa II (died c. 92–100 CE).
A scholarly biography of Herod the Great of Judea.
Standard narrative account of Herod's reign; confirmed on Open Library OL5777368M.