The Romans appointed King Herod as King of Judea in 37 BC. Historians
agree that, in many respects Herod had a hugely successful reign. King
Herod an ethnically Arab but practicing Jew increased the land he
governed from Palestine to parts of modern Jordan, Lebanon and Syria
constructing fortresses, aqueducts and amphitheatres and earned him the
title 'Herodes Magnus', Herod the Great.
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