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Herod the Great

king of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE

14 dated entries naming Herod the Great, drawn from 13 separate years between 73 BCE and 17 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

  • 73 BCEHerod the Great, client king of Judea (d. 4 BC)source
  • 46 BCEAntipater, son of Herod the Great (d. 4 BC)source
  • 40 BCEParthians 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.source
  • 37 BCERomans 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.source
  • 31 BCEIn the Judean Desert on an isolated rock plateau, fortress Masada is completed. Herod the Great builds an armory, barracks, storehouses and a palace.source
  • 30 BCESpring – 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.source
  • 29 BCEMariamne I, wife of Herod the Great (executed) (or 28 BC)source
  • 28 BCEMariamne I, Hasmonean princess and wife Herod the Great (or 29 BC)source
  • 24 BCEHerod 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).source
  • 23 BCEHerod 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.source
  • 19 BCEKing Herod the Great begins renovation of the Temple in Jerusalem.source
  • 4 BCEHerod 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.source
  • 4 BCEMarch 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).source

1st century

  • 17Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great, builds the city Tiberias on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, in honor of Tiberius.source

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