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Herod I [2] [3] [a] or Herod the Great ( c. 72 BCE – c. 4 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. [4] [5] [6] He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base [7] [8] [9] —the Western Wall being ...
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- 37–4 BCE (Schürer), 36–1 BCE (Filmer)
Jan 25, 2002 · 25 January 2002. King Herod the Great, the bloody ruler of ancient Judea, died from a combination of chronic kidney disease and a rare infection that causes gangrene of the genitalia, according to ...
Herod, popularly known as "the great," is given considerable space in the New Testament (see Matthew 2). He was an Idumean (a descendant of Esau) by ancestry. After the death of Julius Caesar, Herod was appointed "king of the Jews," though his administration was not formally secured until after a series of military victories consummated by the capture of Jerusalem in 37 B.C.
The attempt by D.J. Ladouceur (“The Death of Herod the Great,” Classical Philology 76 [1981], pp. 25–34) to show that Herod’s final illness is based solely on Thucydides’ account of the Athenian plague (History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49–50) is not convincing, and it still tampers with the Greek text. G.
Apr 19, 2024 · Herod (born 73 bce —died March/April, 4 bce, Jericho, Judaea) was the Roman-appointed king of Judaea (37–4 bce ), who built many fortresses, aqueducts, theatres, and other public buildings and generally raised the prosperity of his land but who was the centre of political and family intrigues in his later years.
- When did Herod the Great reign?Herod the Great was king of Judaea from 37 BCE to 4 BCE, appointed by the Roman Empire after its Senate equipped him with an army to fight off a Pa...
- What did Herod the Great accomplish?Herod the Great was known for consolidating Roman rule over and advancing the Hellenization of Judaea. He built the city of Sebaste on the site of...
- Who were Herod’s parents?Herod, born in southern Palestine, was the son of Antipater, an Edomite whom Julius Caesar later appointed procurator of Judaea. Herod’s mother was...
- How did Herod the Great die?Herod the Great died of natural causes in 4 BCE. His cause of death is debated, but it is known that he was in both mental and physical disorder in...
Herod the Great’s Death. Eusebius (c. 260—May 340 AD), the Bishop of Caesarea, called the “Author of Christian History,” was the first person to gather together and to publish the writings of all the men who had written about Jesus and the early Christians from c. 100 AD to his own time in the 200’s and early 300’s AD.
Sep 12, 2016 · Herod I, or Herod the Great (c. 75 – 4 BCE), was the king of Judea who ruled as a client of Rome. He has gained lasting infamy as the 'slaughterer of the innocents' as recounted in the New Testament's book of Mathew. Herod was, though, a gifted administrator, and in his 33-year reign, he was responsible for many major building works which ...
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