Josephus Catalogues Herod’s Construction Projects
Jerusalem and Sebaste
So in the fifteenth year of his reign Herod renovated the temple and built a new circuit of walls to double the previous extent of the surrounding area. The expenditure employed on this project was immense, and its magnificence incomparable. Indicative examples were the great colonnades round the…
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