I really enjoyed the class lecture and reading material from Wenham over Herod the Great. His accomplishments as a builder were astonishing. His work on the Jerusalem temple was incredible. His finished product of the temple covered twice the area of the original. It was huge! I'm blown away at some of the things he built. His palaces and temples were master works and the quality of his theatres was good enough that they are still being used today. The harbor constructed from cement that was poured and hardened under water wows me a bit. How did he do this? The thing was big enough for an entire Roman fleet to enter in. That's amazing. His gravity centered aquaduct was very cool...to me anyways. But what's up with the guy's nervous anxiety. If elements of Star Trek were true, we would need to send Gregory or Rhodes back in time to do an analysis on this guy. The fact that he built so many fortresses in a country that's 1/5 the size of AR signals he had some psychological problems. He killed his wife, killed some of his sons, and declared thousands of men to be killed on the day that he died just to ensure everyone would be mourning on this day. This guy was a phenom when it came to building, but a nut-case with several issues.
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