whole mediterranean. herod is not alone in his ambitions. a powerful rival looms in one of the most ancient kingdoms on the planet. egypt, at this time, is no longer a superpower. it s far from its former glory. previous rulers, incompetent rulers, civil wars had shrunk the kingdom down to a rump of itself. now, it s almost a rome client state. it s lost its power. but there s one person who doesn t like it that way. cleopatra wants to see egypt rise, once again. z when you look at roman descriptions of cleopatra,
declares himself king of judaea. then he sets about making himself the most successful king, not just of judaea but of the whole mediterranean. herod is not alone in his ambitions. a powerful rival looms in one of the most ancient kingdoms on the planet. egypt at this time is no longer a superpower. it s far from its former glory. previous rulers , incompetent rulers civil wars had shrunk the kingdom down to a rump of itself. now it s almost a roman client state. it s lost its power. but there s one person who doesn t like it that way. cleopatra wants to see egypt
ambitions. a powerful rival looms in one of the most ancient kingdoms on the planet. egypt at this time is no longer a superpower. it s far from its former glory. previous rulers and competent rulers, civil wars had shrunk the kingdom down to a rump of itself. now it s almost a roman client state. it s lost its power. but there s one person who doesn t like it that way. cleopatra wants to see egypt rise once again. when you look at roman descriptions of cleopatra, they re all in a negative light because basically all of these guys were misogynous. the word unscrupulous is used