... revolt was lead by Judas MAccaleus a Hasmonean The Romans had a polytheistic view of religion that was adopted from the Greeks Caesar Crassus, and Pompey formed the first triumvirate of Rome. Caesar served for one year then appointed himself governor of Gaul. There he fought for 8 years before he conquered all of Gaul ... . Because of his success he became very popular. Pompey feared that Caesar was becoming too powerful and insisted the Senate to make him disband his army and return home. Caesar did return home but he brought his whole legion along with him. Pompey fled Rome to ... tha...

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... a victory over death and the grave for all his followers. Herod The Great: the son of Antipater, an Idumaean, and Cypros, an Arabian of noble descent. In the year B.C. 47 Julius Caesar made Antipater, a "wily Idumaean," procurator of Judea, who divided his territories between his four sons, Galilee falling to the lot of Herod, who was afterwards appointed tetrarch of Judea by ... ...

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... of the Greek empire during the first century B.C., the Romans began to expand their territorial holdings. In 63 B.C., Roman forces under Pompey, a highly successful general and son-in-law of Julius Caesar, captured Jerusalem. In 40 B.C., the Roman senate appointed Herod, later known as Herod The Great, as the "client king" of Judea. Herod the Great ruled Judea for the next 36 ... ...

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