... 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 ... had a very high opinion of himself. One day, about 44 A.D., he went so far as to, in effect, claim to be divine - a blasphemous act for which God struck him down. After the death of Herod Agrippa I, the procurators were put back in charge, however in 66 A.D. the Jews r...

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