Herod I or Herod the Great (c. 72 BCE – c. 4 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building...
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king of Judea. He was a grandson of Herod the Great and the father of Herod Agrippa II, the last known king from the Herodian dynasty. He was acquaintance...
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referred to as both "Herod the Tetrarch" and "King Herod" in the New Testament. He was a son of Herod the Great and a grandson of Antipater the Idumaean. He is...
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Herodian kingdom (redirect from Kingdom of Israel (Herod the Great))
The Herodian kingdom was a client state of the Roman Republic ruled from 37 to 4 BCE by Herod the Great, who was appointed "King of the Jews" by the Roman...
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BC) was Herod the Great's first-born son, his only child by his first wife Doris. He was named after his paternal grandfather Antipater the Idumaean...
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the son of Herod the Great and Malthace the Samaritan, brother of Herod Antipas, and half-brother of Herod II. Archelaus (a name meaning "leading the...
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Herod the Great (Italian: Erode il grande, French: Le roi cruel) is a 1958 Italian-French epic historical drama film directed by Victor Tourjansky. Edmund...
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Salome, also known as Salome II, was a Herodian princess, the daughter of Herod the Great (Herod I) and one of his lesser wives, Elpis, born in ~14 BCE....
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Salome I (redirect from Salome (sister of Herod the Great))
was the sister of Herod the Great and the mother of Berenice by her husband Costobarus, governor of Idumea. She was a nominal queen regnant of the toparchy...
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Second Temple (redirect from Herod's Temple)
In its last phase it was enhanced by Herod the Great, the result being later called Herod's Temple. Defining the Second Temple period, it stood as a pivotal...
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Herod II (c. 27 BC – 33/34 AD) was the son of Herod the Great and Mariamne II, the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest, and the first husband of...
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Herod Agrippa II (Hebrew: אגריפס; AD 27/28 – c. 92 or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler...
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of Jewish, Nabataean and Edomite descent and was a son of the King of Judea, Herod the Great and his wife Mariamne. His mother Glaphyra was a Cappadocian...
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Look up herod or Herod in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Herod may refer to: Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea...
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Herodian dynasty (category Jews and Judaism in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire)
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...
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Mariamne I (redirect from Mariamne (second wife of Herod))
I (d. 29 BCE), also called Mariamne the Hasmonean, was a Hasmonean princess and the second wife of Herod the Great. Her parents, Alexandra Maccabeus and...
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the historical record. Berenice was born in 28 to Herod Agrippa and Cypros, as granddaughter to Aristobulus IV and great-granddaughter to Herod the Great...
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Salome (category People in the canonical gospels)
princess, the daughter of Herod II (son of Herod the Great) and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great, and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas...
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Herodias (category Herod Antipas)
by Herod the Great, she was possibly the first wife of Herod Archelaus, principal heir of Herod the Great and ethnarch of Judea. Herod the Great executed...
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Philip the Tetrarch (c. 26 BCE – 34 CE), sometimes called Herod Philip II by modern writers (see "Naming convention") was the son of Herod the Great and...
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Herodian coinage (redirect from Coins of Herod)
by the Herodian Dynasty, Jews of Idumean descent who ruled the province of Judaea between 37 BC–92 AD. The dynasty was founded by Herod the Great who...
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rebuked by Jesus. The Acts of the Apostles records that "Herod the king" (usually identified with Herod Agrippa) had James executed by the sword. Nixon suggests...
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Mariamne II was the third wife of Herod the Great. She was the daughter of Simon Boethus the High Priest. Josephus recounts their wedding thus: There was...
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The pageant of Magnus Herodes (Herod the Great) is the sixteenth of the pageants of the Towneley Cycle of medieval mystery plays. It occupies folios 55-60...
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Herod the Great, grouped by order and arranged by date. Herod appears in some cycles of the Mystery Plays, such as the pageant Herod the Great in the...
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Aristobulus of Chalcis (category 1st-century monarchs in the Middle East)
was a son of Herod of Chalcis and his first wife Mariamne. Herod of Chalcis, ruler of Chalcis in Iturea, was a grandson of Herod the Great through his...
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Jesus' birth with the time of Herod the Great. Matthew 2:1 states that "Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king". He also implies...
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Aristobulus IV, and the grandson of Herod the Great, Roman client king of Judaea. He was the brother of Herod Agrippa I and Herodias and ruled as the king of Chalcis...
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Herodium (redirect from Tomb of Herod)
excavations there. Herodium is the only site that is named after King Herod the Great. It was known by the Crusaders as the "Mountain of Franks". Palestinian...
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Judaea (Roman province) (category States and territories established in the 0s)
the death of Herod the Great, the Herodian Kingdom of Judea was divided into the Herodian Tetrarchy, jointly ruled by Herod's sons and sister: Herod Archelaus...
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