Herod the Great

king of Judea from 37/6 BCE to 4/1 BCE

Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE

narrative from the Gospel of Matthew

thumb|upright=1.35|Map of the Hauran region

1st century BCE King of Judea

The Herodeion (), in Latin: Herodium, in Modern Herodion, known in Arabic as Jabal al-Fureidis () is a fortified desert palace built by Herod the Great, king of Judaea, in the first century BCE. The complex stands atop a hill in the Judaean Desert, approximately south of Jerusalem and southeast of Bethlehem, between Beit Ta'mir, Za'atara to the east and Jannatah, Tekoa and Nokdim to the west. The site is located at an elevation of 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level.

Machaerus (Μαχαιροῦς, from [a sword]; ; ) was a Hasmonean hilltop palace and desert fortress, rebuilt by Herod and now in ruins, in the village of Mukawir in modern-day Jordan. The site is located southeast of the mouth of the Jordan River on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.

military barracks in Jerusalem

Gospel according to Matthew, chapter 2

thumb|300px|Map of Roman Judea in the first century; according to Claude Reignier Conder|Conder (1889) Iturea or Ituraea (, Itouraía) is the Greek name of a Levantine region north of Galilee during the Late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. It extended from Mount Lebanon across the plain of Marsyas to the Anti-Lebanon Mountains in Syria, with its centre in Chalcis ad Libanum.

Gamla (), also Gamala, was an ancient Jewish town on the Golan Heights. Believed to have been founded as a Seleucid fort during the Syrian Wars, it transitioned into a predominantly Jewish settlement that came under Hasmonean rule in 81 BCE. The town's name reflects its location on a high, elongated ridge with steep slopes resembling a camel's hump.

son of Herod and Doris, heir of Judea

model of Old City of Jerusalem

thumb|right|Trachonitis on map from Encyclopaedia Biblica (1903)

underground vaulted space within the Temple Mount of Jerusalem, currently as a Muslim prayer hall

historical region of the Levant

The Herodians (; ) were a sect of Hellenistic Jews mentioned in the New Testament on two occasions – first in Galilee and later in Jerusalem – being hostile to Jesus (, ; ; cf. also , ). In each of these cases their name is coupled with that of the Pharisees.

cave in Jerusalem

Mamilla Pool is one of several ancient reservoirs that supplied water to the inhabitants of the Old City of Jerusalem

thumb|250px|right|The Herodian Tetrarchy|tetrarchy of Philip (4 BCE - 34 AD), then kingdom of [[Herod Agrippa I (37 - 44 AD) and Herod Agrippa II (53 - 100 AD): Iturea, Trachonitis, Gaulanitis, Batanea and Auranitis]] Batanaea or Batanea was an area often mentioned between the first century BCE and the fourth century CE. It is often mixed with the biblical Bashan, the part of the Biblical Holy Land, northeast of the Jordan River, as its Latinized form.

37 BCE siege

archaeological site in Israel

monumental staircase in Jerusalem

church

ancient building destroyed in war

Jewish slave and personal maid in the service of the Empress Livia Drusilla, wife of Augustus

ancient basilica constructed by Herod the Great