CONTENTS

List of Abbreviations

Introduction by the Editors (David M. Jacobson and Nikos Kokkinos)

AUGUSTAN AND HERODIAN IDEOLOGY

Herod, Rome, and the Diaspora (Erich S. Gruen)

The Augustan Programme of Cultural Renewal and Herod (Karl Galinsky)

Herod and Rome: Was Romanisation a Goal of the Building Policy of Herod? (Achim Lichtenberger)

LITERARY AND DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Herod, Augustus, and Nicolaus of Damascus (Mark Toher)

Herod, Josephus, and Laqueur: A Reconsideration (Joseph Sievers)

The Coins of Herod the Great in the Context of the Augustan Empire (Donald T. Ariel)

Dating Documents in Herodian Judaea (David Goodblatt)

AUGUSTAN AND HERODIAN BUILDING PROGRAMMES

Rome and Jerusalem: Public Building and the Economy (Joseph Geiger)

Palaces and the Planning of Complexes in Herod's Realm (Ehud Netzer)

Herodian Entertainment Structures (Joseph Patrich)

INDIVIDUAL HERODIAN SITES

Herod's Caesarea on Sebastos: Urban Structures and Infl uences (Barbara Burrell)

The Architectural Origins of Herod's Temple Mount (Dan Bahat)

APPLIED ARTS IN THE HERODIAN KINGDOM

Wall Paintings of the Hellenistic and Herodian Period in the Land of Israel (Silvia Rozenberg)

Herodian Pottery (Malka Hershkovitz)

ADMINISTRATION AND CLIENT NETWORK

Herod, Augustus, and the Special Relationship: The Signifi cance of the Procuratorship (Anthony A. Barrett)

Client Kings' Armies under Augustus: The Case of Herod (Denis B. Saddington)

Nabataean Royal Propaganda: A Response to Herod and Augustus? (Stephan G. Schmid)

Herod's Contemporaries in Britain and the West (John Creighton)

RELIGION UNDER AUGUSTUS AND HEROD

One Temple and Many Synagogues: On Religion and State in Herodian Judaea and Augustan Rome (Daniel R. Schwartz)

Index

Plates