King Herod

The Ancients

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🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Thanks largely to his feature in the Gospel of Matthew, King Herod ‘the Great’ of Judaea is one of the most infamous figures from the whole of history. So what do we know about this ancient near eastern ruler, who in his lifetime had contacts with a series of ‘goliath’ figures from the ancient Mediterranean World: from Caesar to Cleopatra and from Marc Antony to Augustus. To talk about King Herod, with a particular focus on the material and meaning of his monumental tomb at Herodium, Tristan was re-joined by Holy Land archaeologist Dr Jodi Magness. A wonderful speaker, Jodi has previously been on the podcast to talk all about the Siege of Masada and Jewish burial at the time of Jesus.

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0:00.0	It's the ancients on History Hit. I'm Tristan Hughes your host and in today's podcast
0:17.7	we'll brace yourself because we are talking about one of the most infamous figures from
0:23.1	history. King Herod.
0:26.8	The famous of course from the Gospel of Matthew and the massacre of the Innocence.
0:32.1	But what do we know about the real King Herod? This figure who ruled Judea in the first
0:38.1	century BC and had contacts with several prominent figures from this time in ancient history
0:44.0	varying from Julius Caesar to Cleopatra to the Emperor Augustus and Augustus' right-hand
0:51.2	man Marcus Agrippa. He was a renowned builder. He built many monumental constructions across
0:58.6	Judea including his own monumental tomb. Now to talk through all of this with a particular
1:05.2	focus on the tomb of King Herod I was delighted to get back on the podcast Dr. Jodie Magnus.
1:12.2	Jodie she's been on the podcast a few times before to talk all about Massada and also about
1:16.8	Jewish burial at the time of Jesus but she's also done a lot of work around the monumental
1:22.5	tomb of King Herod at Herodium because Herod's tomb, unlike that of say Alexander the Great
1:28.8	or Cleopatra, it's not lost. It was discovered roughly a decade ago and since then there have
1:34.8	been some remarkable revelations about Herod's tomb and the whole meaning behind why Herod
1:40.8	decided to construct his tomb at Herodium in particular why he decided to construct it
1:46.2	so close to Bethlehem. So without further ado to talk through all of this and more, here's Jodie.
2:03.4	Jodie it is wonderful to have you back on the podcast. Oh thank you for having me.
2:08.2	You're always welcome on the podcast. Your last few episodes with us have always been
2:12.9	big hitters and I feel that this one is going to be similar because King Herod, we've all heard
2:18.0	the name and we have this great combination of literature and archaeology surviving about him.
2:23.4	I mean Jodie she surely has to rank among one of the most interesting figures to study in ancient
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