Herod Institutes Greco-Roman Games in Judea
Clearly a passion of Herod, he also instituted the Greco-Roman Games in Judea, a competitive sports festival intended to rival the Olympics.
Josephus, Antiquites 15.8.1
“...he (Herod) appointed solemn games to be celebrated every fifth year, in honour of Caesar; and built a theatre at Jerusalem: as also a very great amphitheatre in the plain (Caesarea).
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Josephus, Antiquites 15.8.1
“...he (Herod) appointed solemn games to be celebrated every fifth year, in honour of Cesar; and built a theatre at Jerusalem: as also a very great amphitheater in the plain.”
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