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Title Herod and Augustus : papers presented at the IJS conference, 21st-23rd June 2005 / edited by David M. Jacobson and Nikos Kokkinos
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 502 pages) : illustrations, plans
Series IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 6
IJS studies in Judaica ; v. 6.
Contents Augustus and Herodian ideology -- Literary and documentary evidence -- Augustan and Herodian building programmes -- Individual Herodian sites -- Applied arts in the Herodian kingdom -- Administration and client network -- Religion under Augustus and Herod
Summary Elucidates the phenomenon of Herod the Great in the context of the Roman imperial order inaugurated by Augustus. It illuminates Herod's pre-eminent role in the Augustan client network and his remarkable energies, expressed in an extensive building programme which has left substantial remains
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C. -- Influence -- Congresses
Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Influence -- Congresses
SUBJECT Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. fast
Herod I, King of Judea, 73 B.C.-4 B.C. fast
Subject Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. -- Congresses
Architecture, Roman -- Palestine -- Congresses
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Architecture, Roman
Classical antiquities
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Jews
SUBJECT Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D. -- Congresses
Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Congresses
Palestine -- Antiquities, Roman -- Congresses
Subject Middle East -- Palestine
Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
History
Form Electronic book
Author Jacobson, David M
Kokkinos, Nikos, 1955-
ISBN 9789047443094
9047443098
128260208X
9781282602083