In a fit of jealousy, he had his favorite wife, Mariamne, executed, and he later had two of her sons strangled for alleged plots against him.
Reiz greizsirdības uzplūdā viņš lika sodīt ar nāvi savu mīļāko sievu Mariamni, bet vēlāk lika nožņaugt divus viņas dēlus, kas it kā bija kaluši pret viņu sazvērestību.