 After becoming Emperor, Claudius gave Agrippa dominion over Judea and Samaria and granted him the "ornamenta consularia", and at his request gave the kingdom of Chalcis in Lebanon to Agrippa's brother Herod of Chalcis.Thus Agrippa became one of the most powerful kings of the east.His domain more or less equaled that which was held by his grandfather Herod the Great.