Herod the Great
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Herod I or Herod the Great was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in
Herod's Temple as depicted on the Holyland Model of Jerusalem. The expansion of the Temple was Herod's most ambitious project.
Ruins of Caesarea's harbor
Distinctive Herodian masonry at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
Massacre of the Innocents, 10th century Codex Egberti. Herod on the left.
Massacre of the Innocents
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The Massacre of the Innocents is a story recounted in the Nativity narrative of the Gospel of Matthew in which Herod the Great, king of Judea, orders the execution of all male children who are two yea
Herod the Great
…by various historians. Some consider his reign to have been tyrannical. Herod the Great is described in the Christian Bible as the coordinator of the Massacre of the Innocents. Most other New Testament references to 'Herod' are either to his son Herod Antipas (such as the events leading to the executions of John the Baptist…
The Virgin and Child Surrounded by the Holy Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Massacre of the Innocents
Rubens, Massacre of the Innocents, 1610–11, Toronto
Massacre of the Innocents, Matteo di Giovanni, c. 1500