
Did You Hear What Herod the Great Did to Impress A Guest
In 16 BCE Marcus Agrippa, the deputy of the Roman Emperor Augustus, met with Herod the Great. During their journey through Asia Minor the two became friends, and later, when Agrippa arrived for a visit in Judea, Herod decided to turn the king’s reception hall at Herodium, which was above his private theater, into a magnificent guest room.