Years Covered: 1bc - 33
Oscar Wilde once said that 'anyone who never lived beyond their means suffered from a lack of imagination'. Herod Agrippa has imagination in spades. Lucky for him, his grandfather's purges are over, but now his friends in Rome are going to start dying. Back in Judea, it's one messiah claimant after another as Judah the Galilean and Jesus of Nazareth enter, and exit, our stage.
Cast of Characters
The Jews:
Herod Agrippa
Herod Archelaus x
Herod Antipas
Hillel x
Shammai x
Caisphas the High Priest
Judas the Galilean x
Jesus of Nazareth x
John the Baptist x
Cypros, wife of Herod Agrippa
Berenice, wife of Herod Antipas
Herodias, Herod Agrippa's sister
Barabbas
Judas Iscariot
Mary, mother of Jesus of Nazareth
The Romans:
Augustus x
Livia x
Julia, daughter of Augustus
Tiberius
Sejanus x
Publius Quirinius x
Gaius Caesar x
Lucius Caesar x
Agrippa Postumus x
Agrippina The Elder x
Germanicus x
Claudius
Livilla x
Nero Julius Caesar x
Drusus Caesar X
Gaius Caesar (Caligula)
Apicata
Antonia Minor
Aelia Paetina
Marcus Anoninus Pallas
Pontius Pilate
Others:
Glaphyra, widow of Alexander, wife of Herod Archelaus x
Sources:
Antiquities of the Jews - Josephus
War of the Jews - Josephus
Annals - Tacitus
Gospel of Mark
Gospel of Luke
Gospel of Matthew
Tractate Sanhedrin 41a - The Talmud
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