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
