Herod the Great takes Jerusalem
Rome's man ends the Hasmonean dynasty
Proclaimed king of Judea by the Roman Senate, in 37 BC Herod took Jerusalem with the help of Mark Antony's legions and deposed Antigonus, the last Hasmonean. He ruled for over 30 years and rebuilt the Second Temple, whose retaining wall survives as the Western Wall.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 58 BC–50 BC Caesar's conquest of Gaul — 21 years earlier
- 49 BC Caesar crosses the Rubicon — 12 years earlier
- 44 BC Assassination of Julius Caesar — 7 years earlier
- 31 BC Battle of Actium — 6 years later
- 27 BC Octavian becomes Augustus — 10 years later
Africa
- 30 BC Death of Cleopatra — 7 years later
Alive at the time
- Cleopatra (aged 32)
- Augustus (aged 26)
- Herod the Great (aged 35)
- Virgil (aged 33)
- Amanirenas (aged 23)
- Livia Drusilla (aged 22)