Perea
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Perea or Peraea was the term used mainly during the early Roman period for part of ancient Transjordan. It lay broadly east of Judea and Samaria, which were situated on the western side of the Jordan River, and southwest of the Decapolis.
Incorporation into Seleucid Kingdom 200 BCE
Image: Palestine in the time of Jesus
Image: A history of the Jewish people during the Maccabean and Roman periods (including New Testament times) (1900) (14576629399)
Image: 1889 Palestine in the beginning of the Christian Era
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 throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base—the Western Wall being part of it. Vital details of his life are recorded in the works of the 1st century CE Roman–Jewish historian Josephus.
Herod's Temple as depicted on the Holyland Model of Jerusalem. The expansion of the Temple was Herod's most ambitious project.
Distinctive Herodian masonry at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
Massacre of the Innocents, 10th century depiction. Herod on the left.
Aerial photo of Herodium from the southwest