{"slug": "herod-the-great", "label": "Herod the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod_the_Great", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51672", "qid": "Q51672", "description": "king of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [-72, 17], "span_label": ["73 BCE", "17 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "parthian-empire", "label": "Parthian Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "jews", "label": "Jews", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "antioch", "label": "Antioch", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galilee", "label": "Galilee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "syria-roman-province", "label": "Syria (Roman province)", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia-minor", "label": "Asia Minor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dardanelles", "label": "Dardanelles", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "temple-in-jerusalem", "label": "Temple in Jerusalem", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tiberias", "label": "Tiberias", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -72, "year_label": "73 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Herod the Great, client king of Judea (d. 4 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1232397998#Births", "title": "73 BC", "revid": 1232397998, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -45, "year_label": "46 BCE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Antipater, son of Herod the Great (d. 4 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361069033#Births", "title": "46 BC", "revid": 1361069033, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": -39, "year_label": "40 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Parthians conquer Jerusalem. Hyrcanus II is removed from power, while Antigonus the Hasmonean becomes king of Judea under Parthian rule. Herod the Great flees Jerusalem to Rome. There he is titled king of Judea by Mark Antony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267076849#Parthia", "title": "40 BC", "revid": 1267076849, "section": "Events › Asia minor › Parthia"}}, {"year": -36, "year_label": "37 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Romans conquer Jerusalem from the Parthians. Herod the Great becomes king of Judea and Ananelus is installed as High Priest; both positions are seized from Antigonus II Mattathias after a five-month siege. Thousands of Jews are slaughtered by Roman troops supporting Herod.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325862706#Roman_Republic", "title": "37 BC", "revid": 1325862706, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -30, "year_label": "31 BCE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "In the Judean Desert on an isolated rock plateau, fortress Masada is completed. Herod the Great builds an armory, barracks, storehouses and a palace.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371049882#Roman_Palestine", "title": "31 BC", "revid": 1371049882, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Palestine"}}, {"year": -29, "year_label": "30 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Spring – Octavian leads his army to the Dardanelles, ships them across to Asia Minor and marches into Syria where Herod the Great sends him vows of loyalty and thousands of his own troops in support.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357307367#Roman_Republic", "title": "30 BC", "revid": 1357307367, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Republic"}}, {"year": -28, "year_label": "29 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mariamne I, wife of Herod the Great (executed) (or 28 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349908551#Deaths", "title": "29 BC", "revid": 1349908551, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -27, "year_label": "28 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mariamne I, Hasmonean princess and wife Herod the Great (or 29 BC)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368243773#Deaths", "title": "28 BC", "revid": 1368243773, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -23, "year_label": "24 BCE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Herod the Great marries for a third time, to Mariamne II, after a 4-year hiatus from family life (after putting to death his 2nd wife Mariamne I).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1325743433#Roman_Empire", "title": "24 BC", "revid": 1325743433, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": -22, "year_label": "23 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Herod the Great builds a palace in Jerusalem and the fortress Herodium in Judaea. He also marries his third wife, named Mariamne, the daughter of high priest Simon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1287237096#Roman_Empire", "title": "23 BC", "revid": 1287237096, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": -18, "year_label": "19 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Herod the Great begins renovation of the Temple in Jerusalem.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371877599#Roman_Empire", "title": "19 BC", "revid": 1371877599, "section": "Events › By place › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": -3, "year_label": "4 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Herod the Great dies, which causes unrest in his client kingdom of Judea. His son, Herod Archelaus, becomes the new ruler. Herod Antipas becomes tetrarch of Galilee and Perea,and the governor of Syria, Publius Quinctilius Varus, marches down to Jerusalem from Antioch to restore order; around 3000 Jews are crucified.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371257874#Roman_Empire", "title": "0s BC", "revid": 1371257874, "section": "Events › 4 BC › Roman Empire"}}, {"year": -3, "year_label": "4 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "March", "text": "March or April – Herod the Great, king of Judea (b. 73 BC); some authors date his death to 1 BC (see Date of Herod's death).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371257874#4_BC", "title": "0s BC", "revid": 1371257874, "section": "Deaths › 4 BC"}}, {"year": 17, "year_label": "17 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, builds the city Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, in honor of Tiberius.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371078816#Palestine", "title": "10s", "revid": 1371078816, "section": "Events › 17 AD › Palestine"}}]}