Antipater the Idumaean

Target entity: Antipater the Idumaean
Context triple: [Herod the Great, father, Antipater the Idumaean]

• A. Antigonus II Mattathias
  Antigonus II Mattathias was the last Hasmonean king of Judea, known for his resistance to Roman domination before being deposed by Herod the Great.
• B. Aristobulus I
  Aristobulus I was a Hasmonean king of Judea in the 2nd century BCE, notable for being the first of the dynasty to assume the royal title and for expanding Jewish territory through military campaigns.
• C. Antiochus III the Great
  Antiochus III the Great was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who significantly expanded his empire across the Near East before ultimately being defeated by Rome.
• D. Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a 2nd-century BCE Seleucid king known for his aggressive Hellenization policies in Judea, which provoked Jewish resistance and the Maccabean Revolt.
• E. Aristobulus II
  Aristobulus II was a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean prince and high priest who briefly ruled Judea amid a dynastic civil war that led to Roman intervention and the end of Jewish independence.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Antipater the Idumaean
Target entity description: Antipater the Idumaean was a powerful Idumean noble and political advisor in late Hasmonean Judea, best known as the father of Herod the Great and a key architect of his rise to power under Roman patronage.

• A. Antigonus II Mattathias
  Antigonus II Mattathias was the last Hasmonean king of Judea, known for his resistance to Roman domination before being deposed by Herod the Great.
• B. Aristobulus I
  Aristobulus I was a Hasmonean king of Judea in the 2nd century BCE, notable for being the first of the dynasty to assume the royal title and for expanding Jewish territory through military campaigns.
• C. Antiochus III the Great
  Antiochus III the Great was a Hellenistic Seleucid king who significantly expanded his empire across the Near East before ultimately being defeated by Rome.
• D. Antiochus IV Epiphanes
  Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a 2nd-century BCE Seleucid king known for his aggressive Hellenization policies in Judea, which provoked Jewish resistance and the Maccabean Revolt.
• E. Aristobulus II
  Aristobulus II was a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean prince and high priest who briefly ruled Judea amid a dynastic civil war that led to Roman intervention and the end of Jewish independence.
• F. None of above. chosen