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Herod the Great. 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 ...
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- 37–4 BCE (Schürer), 36–1 BCE (Filmer)
By Nikos Kokkinos. Physicians have long debated what caused King Herod’s death, but there is no doubt (or disagreement) that his demise was a horrid one. Many would say it was also well-deserved. We know the king’s symptoms in some detail from the first-century Jewish historian Josephus. Josephus actually wrote two accounts, the first in ...
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Feb 13, 2013 · Professor Ehud Netzer sketches a freehand reconstruction of Herod’s mausoleum. This photo was taken at Herodium on the day he tragically fell to his death. Photo © Andrei Vainer
Sep 12, 2022 · In 4 B.C.E., at the age of 70, Herod fell ill with what some have suggested was age-related heart or lung failure. Before his death, however, Herod laid plans for his own funeral. According to the late archaeologist Ehud Netzer, Herod ordered extensive changes to the site with the addition of a large mausoleum on the side of the mountain fortress.
herod ii.: By: Joseph Jacobs , Isaac Broydé King of Chalcis; son of Aristobulus and Berenice; grandson of Herod I. and the first Mariamne; brother of Agrippa I. and Herodias; died 48-49 C.E.
The Herodian dynasty was a royal dynasty of Idumaean (Edomite) descent, ruling the Herodian Kingdom of Judea and later the Herodian Tetrarchy as a vassal state of the Roman Empire. The Herodian dynasty began with Herod the Great, who assumed the throne of Judea, with Roman support, bringing down the century-old Hasmonean Kingdom.
Nov 2, 2023 · Salome danced for Herod Antipas and, at Herodias’s direction, requested the beheading of John the Baptist. Later she married her great-uncle Philip the Tetrarch. Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee &: Perea (r. 4 B.C.E.–39 C.E.), was Herodias’s uncle and second husband. After Salome’s dance and his rash promise, he executed John the Baptist.
