 Herod, however, fearing that Antigonus would win backing in Rome, bribed Antony to execute Antigonus.Antony, who recognized that Antigonus would remain a permanent threat to Herod, ordered him beheaded in Antioch.Now secure on his throne, Herod would rule the Herodian Kingdom until his death in 4 BC, and would be an ever-faithful client king of Rome.