Herod – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 10 Nov 2025 21:27:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Herod – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Herod the Great: Rome’s Puppet King of Ancient Judaea https://brewminate.com/herod-the-great-romes-puppet-king-of-ancient-judaea/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 18:30:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=110869 Herod was a client king of Rome, but his route to the throne was not a straightforward one.

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Masada: Herod’s Ancient Fortress https://brewminate.com/masada-herods-ancient-fortress/ Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:29:23 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=109739 Masada is famous for the last stand of the Zealots (and Sicarii) in the Jewish Revolt against Rome.

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The Kingly Pursuits of Herod during the Augustan Period https://brewminate.com/the-kingly-pursuits-of-herod-during-the-augustan-period/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:48:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=102288 Herod built on a Roman scale. King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the

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Kingly Pursuits: Herod Built on a Roman Scale https://brewminate.com/kingly-pursuits-herod-built-on-a-roman-scale/ Fri, 12 Apr 2019 17:34:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=89003 King Herod had a substantial architectural heritage to his name in the Levant by the time of his

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Ancient Israel’s Herodian Dynasty https://brewminate.com/ancient-israels-herodian-dynasty/ Tue, 26 Mar 2019 17:39:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=89685 The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews by

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Herodium: ‘Mountain of the Little Paradise’ https://brewminate.com/herodium-mountain-of-the-little-paradise/ Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:28:16 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=85340 Herodion, the palace fortress and highest peak in the Judaean Desert, is the only site that is named

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Herodian Judea: Games, Politics, and Kingship in the 1st Century BCE https://brewminate.com/herodian-judea-games-politics-and-kingship-in-the-1st-century-bce/ Sun, 23 Dec 2018 18:31:01 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=80231 Examining the kingship of Herod the Great in Judea and his enrollment of Greco-Roman architecture and culture during

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