Remains of Herod’s Palace at Caesarea.
He owned more residences in Masada fortress, Herodion,and Herod's Temple in Jerusalem.
Herod the Great also constructed a theater with a seating capacity of 3500. According to Josephus, this is where the death of Herod Agrippa occurred, as recounted in Acts 12.
History
Herod the Great was the tetrarch, or subordinate ruler, of the Roman province of Judaea from 41 B.C. to 4 B.C.
He was in power when Jesus Christ was born.
Between 4 B.C. and A.D. 34, three sons of Herod the Great, Herod Archelaus, Herod Antipas, and Philip, ruled as ethnarchs.
Herod Archelaus died in A.D. 6; Herod Antipas, who died about A.D. 40, was in power when Jesus was crucified.
Herod Agrippa I, grandson of Herod the Great, ruled from A.D. 40 to 44.
Herod I or Herod the Great, was a Roman client-king of Judaea (c. 74 BC – c. 5, 4 or 1 BC in Jerusalem). The details of his biography can seen in the Book of the Jewish Historian Josephus in addition to the Gospel of Matthew. Herod the Great's son, Herod Antipas (who is also called Herod) is even more prominently featured in the New Testament for his role in John the Baptist's arrest and execution.
Massacre of the Innocents
King Herod the Great ordered the execution of all young male children in the village of Bethlehem, so as to avoid the loss of his throne to a newborn "King of the Jews", whose birth had been related to him by magi.
Matthew 2:13 Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
https://www.formerthings.com/king_herod.htm
https://www.thorncrownjournal.com/timeofchrist/herod.html
Near the theatre an important inscription was found, of which the replica is now hanging at the entrance to the theatre. The text names "Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judaea"
The tablet says: "Tiberieum, Pontius Pilatus, Prefect of Judea".
(1) TIBERIEUM,,
(2) (PON) TIUS PILATUS
(3) (PRAEF) ECTUS IUDA (EAE)
www.jewishmag.com/48mag/herod/herod.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herod%27s_Temple#Herod.27s_Temple
A Geek script inscription from Herod's Temple, late 1st century BCE. It warns gentiles to refrain from entering the Temple enclosure, on pain of death.
In Jerusalem, archaeologists discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old clay wine jug inscribed with the name of King Herod, along with some of the first evidence of daily life at the Masada fortress during Herod's time. The Latin inscription says either "Herod, King of Judea" . It was the first time the full title of Herod, king of Judea from 37 B.C. until his death in 4 B.C., had been found in an inscription. The jug, which dates from about 19 B.C., was found in an ancient garbage dump near the synagogue at Masada.
www.bible-architecture.info/Masada.htm
The Wailing Wall, all that is left of Herod's magnificent Temple, formed part of the platform on which the Temple stood
Reconstruction of the facade was based on the image found on this coin,
which was struck by Bar Kochba, leader of the revolt in 132AD
A reconstruction of the Temple built by Herod the Great and the surrounding city of Jerusalem
as it was at the time of the Roman occupation