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Chapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 3

Chapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 3

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Years Covered: 34bc - 1bc


You can't rebuild a temple without breaking a few heads, and in Herod's case, it will be his own family. Our final episode covers Herod the Great's final years.


Cast of Characters


The Jews:


Herod the Great x

Miriam (Mariamne I) x

Alexandra x

Hyrcanus II x

Salome

Pheroras x

Joseph the Treasurer

Sohemus x

Costobarus x

The Babas Boys x

Antipater x

Doris

Alexander x

Aristobulus x

Herod Archelaus

Herod Antipas

Philip I

Judas x

Matthias x

Hillel

Shammai

Bava ben Buta

Shemaya

Bernice


The Romans


Octavian (Augustus)

Mark Antony x

Marcus Agrippa x

Publius Quintilius Varus


The Ptolemaic Greeks:


Cleopatra VII x

Caesarion x

Alexander Helios x


Others

Malichus


Sources:

Antiquities of the Jews - Josephus

War of the Jews - Josephus

Parallel Lives - Plutarch

The Civil Wars - Appian

Tractate Shabbat 31a - The Talmud

Tractate Baba Batra 3b - The Talmud

Gittan 9 - Mishna


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