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See also: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
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
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 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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