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== Building Campaign ==

== Building Campaign ==

[[Image:HerodTheater.jpg|thumb|350px|right]]

[[Image:HerodTheater.jpg|thumb|350px|right]]

Herod was, first and foremost, a master builder and showman. His first grand project was the rebuilding, in 27 BC, of the city of [[Samaria]], which he renamed '''Sebaste''' (after the Greek ''Sebastos'', the Old Common Greek word for the [[Latin]] ''Imperator'').<ref name=Catholic/><ref name=JewishLib/>

Herod was, first and foremost, a master builder and showman. His first grand project was the rebuilding, in 27 BC, of the city of [[Samaria]], which he renamed 'Sebaste (after the Greek ''Sebastos'', the Old Common Greek word for the [[Latin]] ''Imperator'').<ref name=Catholic/><ref name=JewishLib/>

In 25 BC famine struck his kingdom. He imported a large amount of grain from [[Egypt]] and cut taxes by a third during the emergency.

In 25 BC famine struck his kingdom. He imported a large amount of grain from [[Egypt]] and cut taxes by a third during the emergency.