File:Jerusalem_Modell_BW_2.JPG · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Herod the Great was a king who ruled the ancient Jewish kingdom of Judea for roughly four decades, from around 37 BCE until his death around 4 BCE. He matters historically because his reign was a pivotal period in Jewish history that saw major construction projects, political intrigue, and significant changes to the region during the late Second Temple period.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Herodian Kingdom of Judea
- Place of birth
- Edom
- Place of death
- Jericho
- Father
- Antipater the Idumaean
- Mother
- Cypros
- Occupation
- politician
- Religion
- Judaism
- Family
- Herodian dynasty
- Noble title
- king
- Image
- HerodtheGreat2.jpg
- Work location
- Judea
Show 14 more facts
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- Commons category
- Herod the Great
- topic's main category
- Category:Herod the Great
- date of birth
- 0074-00-00
- date of death
- 0004-00-00
- cause of death
- arteriosclerosis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Herod the Great
- place of burial
- Herodium
- name in native language
- Ἡρῴδης; Hērṓidēs
- P8168
- Mie Uehara
- relative
- Agrippa I
- present in work
- Herod the Great
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Herod I or Herod the Great (c. 72 – 4 or 1 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian kingdom of Judea. He is known for his colossal building projects. 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. Many of the crucial details of his life are recorded in the works of the 1st century CE Roman–Jewish historian Josephus.
Despite Herod's successes, including forging a new aristocracy, he has been criticized by various historians. Some consider his reign to have been tyrannical.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Herod the Great” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (12)
Available in 73 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Afrikaans
- Armenian
- azb
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Basque
- be_x_old
- Belarusian
- Breton
Show 54 more
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- cdo
- Chuvash
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Filipino
- Finnish
- Galician
- Georgian
- Greek
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
- Irish
- Kazakh
- Khmer
- Kurdish
- Latin
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Macedonian
- Malagasy
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Occitan
- Polski
- Romanian
- Serbian
- Serbian (Latin)
- simple
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Svenska
- Swahili
- Tamil
- Tiếng Việt
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Waray
- Welsh
- Western Frisian
- Wu Chinese
- Yiddish
- zh_yue
- فارسی
- ไทย
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0