Augustus Expands Herod’s Kingdom
At the end of the first Actiad Caesar added again to Herod’s kingdom, giving him the district known as Trachonitis and the adjacent areas of Batanaea and Auranitis. What had happened was this. Zenodorus had leased back Lysanias’ domain, and was constantly setting loose the bandits from Trachonitis in attacks on the people of Damascus. They sought…
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