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Them. >> they all kind of meet together. so if you want to take goods either east or west, jerusalem is an incredible important place to be. >> but above all, jerusalem of course was part of judiah and judiah had once been part of eg egypt. >> it was her job and mission as the devinely o and ordained mon egypt to reunite the loss territory which includes jerusalem. >> she can't go to her lover, mark anthony and ask her to give her herod's holding. who does she turn to?

Octavian says i understand you backed the wrong horse. herod the great ever the shrewd politician says something quite profound. >> she does not pretend. he says it is good ever friend as i was to anthony, i will be an even better friend to you, octavian. >> herod is so convincing that not only octavian reconfirms him the king but he increases the size of his kingdom. when herod the great gets back to jerusalem. one would think that wow, he avoided this major disaster with

Would take the king and you would allow them to live. you would exile them. herod, the great, however is not your typical, noble king. he's ruthless and he's paranoia. when he takes the city, he begins executing all of his potential rivalries including the former hasmonean leader. herod only cares about claiming his prize. he takes jerusalem and he declares himself king of juddair and he sets about making him the most successful king.

Was left of the southern and western walls which you can see today. >> so all that herod had worked for, the things that he wanted the most, this physical legacy vanished. any time jerusalem has someone come along who wants everything to himself, for some reason jerusalem says that's not the way the city of god is going to be. that's because as history has shown us, the time when jerusalem is at peace is when this city is shared by its people. the jews emerged differently from the destruction of the temple and instead of praying in

Starts again. he builds extraordinary palaces and canals and fountains and fort fortresses. herod focuses most on one massive under taking. herod the great wants to apiece the people in jerusalem. he knew that regardless of how many different structures he built, it was the temple of jerusalem that was the most important. herod wants to put his stamp on the center of judith and surpass solomon himself. > >> the temple is a bit of a wreck, a bit of a ruin, he decides he's going to knock down the old town and rebuild a new one. >> he's trying to reclaim that really ancient sense appointed by god...