King Herod
The Ancients
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Herod's Sources - King Herod
Ritherodart died in four b c. And josephus was born about four decades after herod's death. So the question is, where is he getting this information from that he gives us? We don't always know where JOSEPHUS got his information, but it's clear that at least a large part of his information came from herod's court biographer nicolaus of damascus. The other major source that we have about herod is archaeology. You know, we have sits over israel that herod built or fortified and that gives us a lot of information about him.
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