Augustus was the emperor who settled the dispute over Herod the Great's kingdom after 4 BC. Archelaus sailed to Rome to let Augustus appoint him rather than claim the throne on the strength of his father's final will, and Antipas followed and sued his brother before the emperor. Antipas argued that Archelaus was an unable ruler, citing his massacre of 3,000 Jews at Passover, that most of Herod's family supported Antipas, and that Herod was insane when he wrote his final will, so the fifth will should stand. Augustus, counseled by a mutual friend of his and Herod the Great, ruled that Herod was sane when he wrote the final will. He therefore sided with Archelaus, though not as king: he made Archelaus ethnarch and named Antipas and Philip tetrarchs. As ethnarch, Archelaus was equal to his brothers, not superior to them. Augustus also gave Herod's sister Salome additional land and a payment after she argued before him. The trial shows the Herods' consistent hunger for political power and their desire for Rome's approval and friendship at any cost. Augustus' decision gave Antipas his rule over Galilee and Perea, which lasted 43 years.