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For all his accomplishments, Herod was nevertheless hated by his subjects; he taxed, he tortured, and he ordered the massacre of male Jewish infants in an attempt to do away with the heralded Messiah.
When Jesus was born in about 4 b.c. , Joseph and Mary escaped Herod’s paranoia by fleeing into Egypt with the new-born infant.
After the initial years of Roman administration and political infighting, Rome installed Herod (scion of a family from Idumea, a Jewish kingdom in the desert) as King of Judea.
On the coast you can try the riding centre at Caesarea (Herod’s Stables; tel. 06-636 1260), while the Artists Village Riding Centre (tel.
The Parisian Trash Bag Dance involves grabbing one of the giant blue trash bags they sell at the local market and swishing it back and forth over my head alluringly, while swaying my hips, like Salomé charming Herod.