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

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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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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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.
	Jews -- History -- 168 B.C.-135 A.D. -- Congresses.
	Architecture, Roman -- Palestine -- Congresses.
	Palestine -- History -- To 70 A.D. -- Congresses.
	Rome -- History -- Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Congresses.
	Palestine -- Antiquities, Roman -- Congresses.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Jacobson, David M.
	Kokkinos, Nikos, 1955-
Other Form:	Print version: Herod and Augustus. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 (DLC) 2008019713
ISBN	9789047443094 (electronic bk.)
	9047443098 (electronic bk.)
	128260208X
	9781282602083
	9789004165465 (alk. paper)
	9004165460 (alk. paper)
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004165465.i-418

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

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