Aristobulus (other)

Aristobulus or Aristoboulos may refer to: *

Aristobulus I Judah Aristobulus I, or Aristobulus I (; ), was the High Priest of Israel and the first Hasmonean king of Judaea, reigning from 104 BCE until his death the following year. He was the eldest of the five sons of John Hyrcanus, the previous leader. ...

(died 103 BC), king of the Hebrew Hasmonean Dynasty, 104–103 BC *

Aristobulus II Aristobulus II (, ''Aristóboulos'') was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea, 66 BCE to 63 BCE, from the Hasmonean dynasty. Family Aristobulus was the younger son of Alexander Jannaeus, King and High Priest, and Salome Alexandra. After ...

(died 49 BC), king of Judea from the Hasmonean Dynasty, 67–63 BC *

Aristobulus III of Judea Aristobulus III (53–36 BCE) was the last scion of the Hasmonean royal house, brother of Herod the Great's wife Mariamne I, Mariamne, and grandson of Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. He was a favourite of the people on account of his noble descen ...

(53 BC–36 BC), last scion of the Hasmonean royal house *

Aristobulus IV Aristobulus IV (31–7 BC) was a prince of Judea from the Herodian dynasty, and was married to his cousin, Berenice (daughter of Salome), Berenice, daughter of Costobarus and Salome I. He was the son of Herod the Great and his second wife, Mariamn ...

(31 BC–7 BC), Prince of Judea, son of Herod the Great and Mariamne, nephew of Aristobulus III, married Berenice, father of Agrippa I *

Aristobulus Minor Aristobulus Minor or Aristobulus the Younger (flourished 1st century BC and 1st century AD, died after 44) was a prince from the Herodian Dynasty. He was of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite ancestry. He was the youngest son born to prince Aristobulus ...

, son of the above, brother of Agrippa I *

Aristobulus of Chalcis Aristobulus V of Chalcis () was a son of Herod of Chalcis and his first wife Mariamne. Herod of Chalcis, ruler of Chalcis in Iturea, was a grandson of Herod the Great through his father, Aristobulus IV. Mariamne was a granddaughter of Herod t ...

, first-century ruler, known as the Tetrarch of Chalcis and later King of

Armenia Minor Lesser Armenia (; ; ), also known as Armenia Minor and Armenia Inferior, comprised the Armenian-populated regions primarily to the west and northwest of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia (also known as Kingdom of Greater Armenia), on the western sid ...

Aristobulus of Alexandria Aristobulus of Alexandria () also called Aristobulus the Peripatetic () and once believed to be Aristobulus of Paneas, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher of the Peripatetic school, though he also used Platonic and Pythagorean concepts. Like ...

(c. 160 BC), Hellenistic Jewish philosopher * Aristobulus () , father of the youth Aristion who lived in the home of

Demosthenes Demosthenes (; ; ; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator in ancient Athens. His orations constitute a significant expression of contemporary Athenian intellectual prowess and provide insight into the politics and cu ...

, and may be the same person as Aristophilus. *

Aristobulus of Cassandreia Aristobulus of Cassandreia (; 375 BC – 301 BC), Greek historian, son of Aristobulus, probably a Phocian settled in Cassandreia, accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns. He served throughout as an architect and military engineer as ...

(375 BC–301 BC), Greek historian and engineer, accompanied Alexander the Great on his campaigns *

Aristobulus of Britannia Aristobulus of Britannia is a Christian saint named by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) and Dorotheus of Gaza (505–565) as one of the Seventy Disciples mentioned in and as the first bishop in Roman Britain. Full title in various languages * ...

, one of the Seventy Disciples, brother of Barnabas *

, one of 72 priests who translated the Torah into the Greek * Aristobulus, brother to the philosopher

Epicurus Epicurus (, ; ; 341–270 BC) was an Greek philosophy, ancient Greek philosopher who founded Epicureanism, a highly influential school of philosophy that asserted that philosophy's purpose is to attain as well as to help others attain tranqui ...

, and the eponymous subject of one of his works *Aristobulus, a painter referred to by Pliny with the epithet "Syrus" (which the scholar

Karl Julius Sillig Karl Julius Sillig (12 May 1801 – 14 January 1855) was a German classics scholar, and pupil of Karl August Böttiger. Sillig went on to edit many of Böttiger's works after the latter's death in 1835. He also revised and edited the work of ot ...

understood to indicate his origin on the island of

Syros Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano S ...

), about whom little else is known {{hndis