Was Herod a king?

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Herod the Great was officially appointed as the (client) king of Judea by the Roman Senate in 40 BCE.

After his death, his terriotry was divided. Lk 3:

1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene.

This was Herod Antipas, a son of Herod the Great. His official title was terarch or ruler of a fourth part of a region, not technically a king. However, he was sometimes courteously called "king" by his subjects. Mk 6:

22 When Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod [Antipas] and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”

Mark called Herod Antipas a king, but according to Rome, he was a tetrarch, not a king.