Perea
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Perea or Peraea was the term used mainly during the early Roman period for part of ancient Transjordan. It lay broadly east of Judea and Samaria, which were situated on the western side of the Jordan
Incorporation into Seleucid Kingdom 200 BCE
Palestine in the time of Jesus
A history of the Jewish people during the Maccabean and Roman periods
1889 Palestine in the beginning of the Christian Era
Herod Antipas
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Herod Antipas, was a 1st-century Herodian ruler of Galilee and Perea, in the time of the Herodian Tetrarchy. He bore the title of tetrarch and is referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" and "King Her
Perea
…third down the eastern shore of the Dead Sea; it did not extend very far to the east. Herod the Great's kingdom was bequeathed to four heirs, of which Herod Antipas received both Perea and Galilee. He dedicated the city of Livias in the north of the Dead Sea to the wife of Augustus, Julia Augusta, born Livia Drusilla…
Coin of Herod Antipas
Jesus before Herod Antipas, Albrecht Dürer, 1509
Herod (Hérode), by French painter and Bible illustrator James Tissot, in the Brooklyn Museum