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When King Herod claims Jerusalem from the Hasmoneans, he angers Cleopatra, who wants to reclaim Judea. Despite this conflict, Herod the Great manages to...

Cleopatra has travelled to jerusalem to meet with her rival herod. both rulers claim this is a peaceful visit. but they each secretly scheme to have the other killed. >> the problem is nobody wants to be the one to fire the first shot. you always want to be the one saying, no, i did this in self-defense. so, what you end up with is herod the great and cleopatra doing this odd dance, trying to find ways to harm each other. >> there is a lot of back and forth and a lot of it is indirect. they are ...