|Herod I the Great| |King of the Jews, Ruler of Galilee and
Batanea| |Fictional, undated portrayal of Herod the Great.|
|Reign||37 (or 36 BC) - 4 BC (or 1 BC)| |Born||74 BC (or 71 BC)|
|Died||4 BC (or 1 BC) (aged 70)| |Place of death||Jericho,
Samaria| |Predecessor||Antigonus II Mattathias| Cleopatra of
Jerusalem |Father||Antipater the Idumaean| Herod (Hebrew:
הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos, Greek: Ἡρῴδης, Hērōdēs), also known as Herod
I or Herod the Great (born 74 BC, died 4 BC in Jericho,
according to other data, 1 BC), was a Jewish Roman client king
of Israel. He was described as "a madman who murdered his own
family and a great many rabbis." He is also known for his
colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the
ancient world, including the rebuilding of the Second Temple in
Jerusalem, sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple. Some details
of his biography can be gleaned from the works of the 1st
century AD Roman-Jewish historian Josephus Flavius.
BiographyEditHerod was born around 74 BC. He was the sec