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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