| − | Herod's family was at least as dysfunctional, if not more so, than was the [[Julio-Claudian emperors|Julio-Claudian family]] that produced the first five [[Emperor]]s of Rome.<ref name=Columbia/> He brought many of his family members to mock trials and had them executed during his reign, beginning with this brother-in-law [[Aristobulus III]]<ref name=Greetham1/> and continuing with his wife, his mother-in-law, another brother-in-law, and finally three of his sons.<ref name=Greetham1/> | + | Herod's family was at least as dysfunctional, if not more so, than was the [[Julio-Claudian emperors|Julio-Claudian family]] that produced the first five [[Emperor]]s of Rome.<ref name=Columbia/> He brought many of his family members to mock trials and had them executed during his reign, beginning with this brother-in-law Aristobulus III<ref name=Greetham1/> and continuing with his wife, his mother-in-law, another brother-in-law, and finally three of his sons.<ref name=Greetham1/> |