HEROD PHILIP, son of Herod the Great by Cleopatra of Jerusalem, received the tetrarchate of Ituraea and other districts east and north-east of the Lake of Galilee. His subjects were mainly Greeks or Syrians. He is described as an excellent ruler, who loved peace and was careful to maintain justice, and spent his time in his own territories. The cities he built include Caesarea Philippi and Bethsaida, which he called Julias. He died after a reign of 37 years (4 B.0 —A.D. 34)