Salome, also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias. She was granddaughter of Herod the Great, and stepdaughter of Herod Antipas. She is known from the New Testament, where she is not named, and from an account by Flavius Josephus. In the New Testament, the stepdaughter of Herod Antipas demands and receives the head of John the Baptist. According to Josephus, she was first married to her uncle Philip the Tetrarch, after whose death she married her cousin Aristobulus of Chalcis, thus becoming queen of Armenia Minor.
Salome with John the Baptist's head, by Charles Mellin (1597–1649)
Herod's Banquet (detail) by Fra Filippo Lippi (15th century)
Salome by Titian, c 1515, (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome)
Salome with the Head of the Baptist, 1761, Mariano Salvador Maella
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
