Career
When the attractive young brothers returned to Jerusalem in 12 British Columbia, the populace received them enthusiastically. That, along with their perceived imperious manner, picked up after having lived much of their lives at the very heart of Roman imperial power, often offended Herod. After many failed attempts at reconciliation between the king and his designated heirs, the ailing Herod had Aristobulus and Alexandros strangled on charges of treason in 7 British Columbia, and raised Antipater to the rank of his co-regent and heir apparent.
Herod, however, retained affection for Aristobulus" children, three of whom, Agrippa I, Herod and Herodias, lived to play important roles in the next generation of Jewish rulers.
A fourth, Aristobulus" eldest daughter Mariamne, was the wife of Antipater II at the time of his execution and, thereafter, may have been the wife of Ethnarch Herod Archelaus.