{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dc8dfad5c8a1f9b32ce779/690d2a4a77626ebfbf8fb557?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chapter 5 - Herod the Great Part 3","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68dc8dfad5c8a1f9b32ce779/1762470443544-dcd0bdc9-0e5c-4b96-85c6-ec63831b3001.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><br></p><p>Years Covered: 34bc - 1bc</p><p><br></p><p>You can't rebuild a temple without breaking a few heads, and in Herod's case, it will be his own family. Our final episode covers Herod the Great's final years.</p><p><br></p><p>Cast of Characters</p><p><br></p><p>The Jews:</p><p><br></p><p>Herod the Great x</p><p>Miriam (Mariamne I) x</p><p>Alexandra&nbsp;x</p><p>Hyrcanus II&nbsp;x</p><p>Salome</p><p>Pheroras x</p><p>Joseph the Treasurer&nbsp;</p><p>Sohemus&nbsp;x</p><p>Costobarus x</p><p>The Babas Boys&nbsp;x</p><p>Antipater&nbsp;x</p><p>Doris&nbsp;</p><p>Alexander&nbsp;x</p><p>Aristobulus&nbsp;x</p><p>Herod Archelaus&nbsp;</p><p>Herod Antipas&nbsp;</p><p>Philip I</p><p>Judas&nbsp;x</p><p>Matthias&nbsp;x</p><p>Hillel</p><p>Shammai&nbsp;</p><p>Bava ben Buta&nbsp;</p><p>Shemaya</p><p>Bernice&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The Romans</p><p><br></p><p>Octavian (Augustus) </p><p>Mark Antony x</p><p>Marcus Agrippa x</p><p>Publius Quintilius Varus </p><p><br></p><p>The Ptolemaic Greeks:</p><p><br></p><p>Cleopatra VII&nbsp;x</p><p>Caesarion&nbsp;x</p><p>Alexander Helios&nbsp;x</p><p><br></p><p>Others</p><p>Malichus</p><p><br></p><p>Sources:</p><p>Antiquities of the Jews - Josephus</p><p>War of the Jews - Josephus</p><p>Parallel Lives - Plutarch</p><p>The Civil Wars - Appian</p><p>Tractate Shabbat 31a - The Talmud</p><p>Tractate Baba Batra 3b - The Talmud</p><p>Gittan 9 - Mishna</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Ari Lipsey"}