Herod the Great
c. 72 BC – 4 BC · 68 years · Jerusalem · Middle East
Roman client king of Judea who rebuilt the Temple and built Masada and Caesarea; the Gospels blame him for the Massacre of the Innocents.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Augustus — first Roman emperor, 9 years younger
- Julius Caesar — Roman general and dictator, 28 years older
- Virgil — Roman poet, 2 years younger
- Cicero — Roman orator and statesman, 34 years older
- Pompey the Great — Roman general and statesman, 34 years older
- Livia Drusilla — wife of Augustus, first Roman empress, 13 years younger
Africa
- Cleopatra — last queen of Ptolemaic Egypt, 3 years younger
- Amanirenas — queen (kandake) of Kush, 12 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 58 BC–50 BC Caesar's conquest of Gaul — aged 14, Europe
- 44 BC Assassination of Julius Caesar — aged 28, Europe
- 31 BC Battle of Actium — aged 41, Europe
- 30 BC Death of Cleopatra — aged 42, Africa
- 27 BC Octavian becomes Augustus — aged 45, Europe
- c. 4 BC Nativity of Jesus — aged 68, Middle East