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SEASON TWO
NEVI’IM:VOICES OF
THE SHEPHERD
Welcome to Heroes, part 2
SEASON 4 – THE GOSPELS
episode 18
PAX ROMANA
Herod the Great was installed by the Romans as King of the Jews in 39
BC. and his family remained a major force in Palestine for the next
130 years. The Jews remained a fractious
society, however, torn by disparate political and
religious loyalties.
a royal retreat city: JERICHOa royal retreat city: JERICHO
with its great palacewith its great palace
a cone-shaped mountain fortress called a cone-shaped mountain fortress called HERODIUM, near BethlehemHERODIUM, near Bethlehem
CAESARIA MARITIMA, a great CAESARIA MARITIMA, a great port that linked Palestine with the port that linked Palestine with the Roman empireRoman empire
the rock fortress 1,300 ft. above the Dead Sea the rock fortress 1,300 ft. above the Dead Sea shore at MASADAshore at MASADA
and the GREAT TEMPLE and and the GREAT TEMPLE and main palace in JERUSALEM main palace in JERUSALEM
groups of influence
Herods & Herodians Pharisees Sadducees Zealots Essenes