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Herod's Paranoia and the Magi Visit to Bethlehem
The fourth installment portrays a feverish Herod in Jerusalem as the Magi arrive from Persia seeking a newborn king. Amid phobias and executions he orders the murder of his rival sons, Mariamne’s allies, and the Bethlehem massacre while lamenting Mariamne and plotting vengeance.
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Herod
Jerusalem
Persia
Magus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Daniel
Micah
Bethlehem
Capitol
Miriamne
Mariamne
Callirrhoe
Dead Sea
Alexander
Aristobulus
Caesar Augustus
Beirut
Antipater
Idumean
Jacundus
Tyrannus
Trypho
Tero
Sebaste
Ife
David
Palace Tepidarium
Salome
Doris
Herodium
Hippodrome