As instability in Rome continued, Herod made some powerful friends and rose to usurp the throne.

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Flavius Josephus
Antiquities of the Jews
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Simon Schama
The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words 1000 BCE-1492 CE
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0:00 Antony's Parthian War
2:12 Herod and Mariamne's Flight
5:19 Herod Returns as King
7:38 The Rebuilding of Jerusalem
9:13 The Anti-Hasmonean Conspiracy