Herod the Great (40-29 BCE)

As instability in Rome continued, Herod made some powerful friends and rose to usurp the throne.

Sources:
Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews

Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE-1492 CE

0:00 Antony's Parthian War
2:12 Herod and Mariamne's Flight
5:19 Herod Returns as King
7:38 The Rebuilding of Jerusalem
9:13 The Anti-Hasmonean Conspiracy

[thecharlemagnekid]

"Herod thought that by bestowing gifts on antony antony would be as favourable to him as he was to cleopatra" yeah man i think cleopatras giving him something better than you can offer

[procyon]

Mariamne being made Queen of Judaea and the proliferation of the Hasmonean Dynasty would be an excellent alternative history.

[johnbecay]

Sam Aronow thank you for your clear-eyed, fact filled narration. you sorted out a particularly tangled time in near East history.

[armanmahmood]

Am I the only one imagining Mariamne just being like 'WHAT THE F HEROD, THATS MY CROWN' and it just devolving into a classic mum-dad argument?

[rotomfan]

As a fellow Jew i must ask myself why when you said "His uncle Joseph" i saw Joseph Joestar in my head before i even realised that's what i was doing

[marksmadhousemetaphysicalm]

To see how all this ties together...first seeds planted in the days of Maccabees and now to Imperial Rome...

[zertyuz]

Bravo, you are making some of the best history videos on youtube. I really like the historia civilis influences as well.

[inferno]

Thank you for your series. Now I have a much better understanding of the historical background of the so-called "New Testament"

[erichayes]

12:41 I think that, on the hills of manchuria is a nice tough

[topaziscringeverycringe]

I have recently discovered your channel and used this video to complete an essey about Hedros. That probably saved my grade.

I stayed for your videos. Your channel has a such high level of quality it's a shame it only has 14k subs. You deserve way more.

[scharb]

If Alexandra had prevailed over Herod, everything would be different.

[ver]

wow, this is like historia civilis but jewish history.

[smack]

Herod built the walls of Masada and made the Judeans pay for it!

[LightSourceTemple]

It's amazing how this directly leads into the rise of christianity

[Mark_Williams]

Mariamne... Joseph? Too early for JC but the parallels are uncanny

[afilanus]

Is the name "Phasael" cognate with the Arabic "Faisal"? I have never heard this name before but it seems like a connection, no?

[hrdwan]

The sea king Sextus Pompey was defeated courtesy of Agrippa

[brucemacmillan]

When you post text, you leave it up for such a short time, it's impossible to read. I'm surprised you didn't notice this.

[haggaishay]

אני וחברי עשינו עבודה בהיסטוריה וביססנו אותה על הכיבוש של הורדוס על ירושלים, אך היא אמרה לנו שזה לא נכון ולא קרה והורדוס לא כבש את ירושלים. איך אנחנו יכולים לשכנע אותה? ישנם עוד מקורות חוץ מוויקיפדיה?

[jimgate]

Your stuff is the best! But are you sure that Herod added a hippodrome in Jerusalem?