Herod the Great (40-29 BCE)

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  • As instability in Rome continued, Herod made some powerful friends and rose to usurp the throne.
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    Flavius Josephus
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    The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE-1492 CE
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    0:00 Antony's Parthian War
    2:12 Herod and Mariamne's Flight
    5:19 Herod Returns as King
    7:38 The Rebuilding of Jerusalem
    9:13 The Anti-Hasmonean Conspiracy

Komentáře • 71

  • @thecharlemagnekid9997
    @thecharlemagnekid9997 Před 2 lety +200

    "Herod thought that by bestowing gifts on antony antony would be as favourable to him as he was to cleopatra" yeah man i think cleopatras giving him something better than you can offer

    • @geoorge1000
      @geoorge1000 Před 2 lety +8

      I don't know man, Herod looks like a double-wide surprise

    • @chicknorton8839
      @chicknorton8839 Před 2 lety +3

      @@geoorge1000 Are you implying that Herod had not that bountiful booty Antony was looking -at- for?

    • @pauljacobs435
      @pauljacobs435 Před 2 lety +7

      With the wealth Herod gave him Antony could have any sort of queen he desired.

    • @SocialStudiess
      @SocialStudiess Před 2 lety +4

      No but, think about this way. Cleopatra is one. Herod can give Anthony (servants of women) endless and endless amounts of what only one Cleo can give him. I 100% get why Herod thought he could win him over. Jewish women too? Almost all of them have no gag reflex!

    • @JudeMichaelPeterson
      @JudeMichaelPeterson Před 2 lety +2

      I had a similar thought only in reverse, "do you really want him to be as favourable to you as he was to her? Because you might be getting a little more than you bargained for with that."

  • @procyon6370
    @procyon6370 Před 2 lety +46

    Mariamne being made Queen of Judaea and the proliferation of the Hasmonean Dynasty would be an excellent alternative history.

    • @elyssa-vagabunda4239
      @elyssa-vagabunda4239 Před 11 měsíci

      Some Herods including the last king of Judaea and his coruling son and daughter were descendents of Mariamne. No need for an alternative history.

    • @ticketthedog3781
      @ticketthedog3781 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ikr

  • @armanmahmood9783
    @armanmahmood9783 Před 3 lety +44

    Am I the only one imagining Mariamne just being like 'WHAT THE F HEROD, THATS MY CROWN' and it just devolving into a classic mum-dad argument?

    • @Great_Olaf5
      @Great_Olaf5 Před 2 lety +6

      I'm sure not, though at that point I was imagining something more like
      Herod: So, when are we going to crown my wife?
      *Senators look at each other nervously*
      Senate: Yeah, about that... We liked your dad. We have no idea what she's like, so...
      I hardly expect they had to twist his arm on the subject, but based on what little we saw of him before this, and a lot of what happened after, I also can't really imagine him having come up with the idea himself.

  • @johnbecay6887
    @johnbecay6887 Před 3 lety +28

    Sam Aronow thank you for your clear-eyed, fact filled narration. you sorted out a particularly tangled time in near East history.

  • @ver93
    @ver93 Před 3 lety +22

    wow, this is like historia civilis but jewish history.

    • @ver93
      @ver93 Před 3 lety

      @Antonio Alaric nc

  • @rotomfan63
    @rotomfan63 Před 2 lety +14

    As a fellow Jew i must ask myself why when you said "His uncle Joseph" i saw Joseph Joestar in my head before i even realised that's what i was doing

  • @levi7187
    @levi7187 Před 3 lety +3

    Thank you this is good stuff...

  • @zertyuz
    @zertyuz Před 2 lety +5

    Bravo, you are making some of the best history videos on youtube. I really like the historia civilis influences as well.

  • @viz8746
    @viz8746 Před rokem +1

    Crisp, brisk, detailed yet brief, informative and accurate - thank you for presenting history so beautifully!🙏

  • @inferno0020
    @inferno0020 Před rokem +2

    Thank you for your series. Now I have a much better understanding of the historical background of the so-called "New Testament"

  • @shawnkincheloesr5192
    @shawnkincheloesr5192 Před 2 lety

    This was a great teaching 🙏🏾✌🏾

  • @topaziscringeverycringe8532

    I have recently discovered your channel and used this video to complete an essey about Hedros. That probably saved my grade.
    I stayed for your videos. Your channel has a such high level of quality it's a shame it only has 14k subs. You deserve way more.

  • @richardglady3009
    @richardglady3009 Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you.

  • @erinaltstadt4234
    @erinaltstadt4234 Před rokem

    Thank you

  • @marksmadhousemetaphysicalm2938

    To see how all this ties together...first seeds planted in the days of Maccabees and now to Imperial Rome...

  • @LightSourceTemple
    @LightSourceTemple Před 3 lety +45

    It's amazing how this directly leads into the rise of christianity

    • @pruephillip1338
      @pruephillip1338 Před 2 lety +4

      It's CONNECTED but it can't 'lead' to Christianity, at least not how I am reading your comment.

    • @howtorooms3621
      @howtorooms3621 Před 2 lety

      I had no to big to do with Christianity, since Jesus opposed the rulers in power throughout his ministry.

  • @user-zv9xe2pj9v
    @user-zv9xe2pj9v Před 9 měsíci +2

    Mariamne was a hostage, not a queen.

  • @erichayes8445
    @erichayes8445 Před 2 lety

    12:41 I think that, on the hills of manchuria is a nice tough

  • @scharb
    @scharb Před 2 lety +4

    If Alexandra had prevailed over Herod, everything would be different.

  • @tuliptulip7565
    @tuliptulip7565 Před rokem

    So interesting

  • @smack80
    @smack80 Před 2 lety +4

    Herod built the walls of Masada and made the Judeans pay for it!

  • @jesussavedrjm6818
    @jesussavedrjm6818 Před 3 měsíci

    Hey can you cite where herod had to present every piece of the old temple in exchange for the new... where is that recorded. And wouldn't that be a third temple

  • @haggaishay9184
    @haggaishay9184 Před rokem +2

    אני וחברי עשינו עבודה בהיסטוריה וביססנו אותה על הכיבוש של הורדוס על ירושלים, אך היא אמרה לנו שזה לא נכון ולא קרה והורדוס לא כבש את ירושלים. איך אנחנו יכולים לשכנע אותה? ישנם עוד מקורות חוץ מוויקיפדיה?

  • @Mark761966
    @Mark761966 Před 2 lety +8

    Mariamne... Joseph? Too early for JC but the parallels are uncanny

  • @leuris_khan2
    @leuris_khan2 Před 2 lety

    10:30 song name?

  • @brucemacmillan9581
    @brucemacmillan9581 Před 10 měsíci +1

    When you post text, you leave it up for such a short time, it's impossible to read. I'm surprised you didn't notice this.

  • @hrdwan2000
    @hrdwan2000 Před rokem

    The sea king Sextus Pompey was defeated courtesy of Agrippa

  • @johnrigler8858
    @johnrigler8858 Před 8 měsíci

    What happened to Herod the So-So?

  • @artembolshakov3901
    @artembolshakov3901 Před 2 lety +3

    What are the parties? Pharisees and Sadducees, yes, but what's gray and orange?

    • @andrewsuryali8540
      @andrewsuryali8540 Před 2 lety +5

      Grey are the Essenes (the same kind of people as the Qumranic Community of Dead Sea Scrolls fame), orange are Beit Shammai Pharisees (the legalists). If you read the Gospels, it's been suggested that the legalistic Pharisees depicted in them are actually those of the Beit Shammai, and they fought with Jesus all the time because he himself was a Beit Hillel radical.

  • @marriage4life893
    @marriage4life893 Před rokem

    Where in Torah does it say the High Priest must be at least 20 years old? I know that's the minimum age for men in the army in Torah, but in not finding that same age for the High Priest. Thanks and blessings.

  • @zxera9702
    @zxera9702 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Why is Herod called the great if he was so unpopular?

  • @georgelindley6752
    @georgelindley6752 Před 9 měsíci

    Being an avid Hellenist. I doubt Herod had a beard.

  • @brenosantana1458
    @brenosantana1458 Před 3 lety +4

    .

  • @erhtm3030
    @erhtm3030 Před rokem

    Nooooooo

  • @trevor1667
    @trevor1667 Před rokem

    What a guy…. Woof!

  • @erhtm3030
    @erhtm3030 Před rokem

    Hasmoneans owned

  • @Sonofiraq24
    @Sonofiraq24 Před 2 lety

    Is it true that the worms ate him because he gave not the glory to God?

  • @BeedrillYanyan
    @BeedrillYanyan Před 2 lety

    Why's he considered great?

    • @andrewsuryali8540
      @andrewsuryali8540 Před 2 lety +6

      He restored the kingdom and grew it to its greatest historical extent ever with the "conquest" of Nabatea. Realistically he just convinced them to accept fealty to his crown because he was favored by the Romans and they at this point in time were under heavy suspicion thanks to recently having been too friendly to the Parthians. But most importantly, he built up Judea economically and renovated the temple to its most majestic form. The epithet "The Great" was given to him mostly by Greco-Roman historians, but if you go to Israel today, the majority sort of agree because nearly ALL the symbols of modern Jewish nationalism were his legacy: Masada, the Temple Mount, the Wailing Wall, and basically every ancient city ruin not recently unearthed by archaeology. The Jerusalem of dreams is Herod's Jerusalem.

  • @NuncNuncNuncNunc
    @NuncNuncNuncNunc Před 2 lety +3

    Who exactly diagnosed Herod with major depression? I like the series, but i think you're trying a bit too hard to spice it up.

  • @charleslehner5715
    @charleslehner5715 Před rokem

    BCE- Before Christ Era

  • @nationofsaba2760
    @nationofsaba2760 Před 2 lety

    Am I the only one who sees the source of Mary and Joseph mother of the Messiah

  • @AkkiMusicGh
    @AkkiMusicGh Před 3 lety +7

    Awwwww_wwwwww
    So SADUCCEES AND PHARISEES EXISTED HEROD TIME........AND PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH EXISTED......
    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW

    • @way2tehdawn
      @way2tehdawn Před 3 lety +2

      I don’t think there are many mythicists, most of scholarship accepts he existed.

    • @mjgilbert5475
      @mjgilbert5475 Před 2 lety +7

      The fact that I accept that some guy named Jesus existed notwithstanding, this is akin to saying that Merlin must have been a real wizard because the island of Britain exists.

    • @AkkiMusicGh
      @AkkiMusicGh Před 2 lety +1

      Who’s this please???????
      Question::::that name that you believe in,have you seen that god before?
      You guys out there believe in all other useless gods except JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH,there are signs he existed but look........
      ANYONE BELIEVES IN SOMETHING OR SOMEONE SO KEEP BELIEVING WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND WE WILL ALL DIE AND GO 6 FEET AND SEE AND MEET WHAT TRULY EXISTS

    • @patrickrowan6001
      @patrickrowan6001 Před 14 dny

      Bro take some meds

  • @brianwest7344
    @brianwest7344 Před 3 lety +5

    BCE? stopped watching at that point.

    • @ulverup
      @ulverup Před 2 lety +8

      Sounds like a snowflake

    • @dwightschrute900
      @dwightschrute900 Před 2 lety

      Snowflake

    • @thatiowan3581
      @thatiowan3581 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@ulverupnot listening to falsehoods doesn't make you a snowflake

    • @patrickrowan6001
      @patrickrowan6001 Před 14 dny

      Crying and wailing because a Jewish guy doesn’t use a Christian term

  • @samrachamin
    @samrachamin Před 11 měsíci

    Bravo really like your work