Chapter LXI: Section CXVIII: Herod's Policy and Reign. GENERAL QUESTIONS

1. Describe the strength and weakness of Herod's character. 2. The ways in which he won the favor of Augustus. 3. His building activity within his kingdom. 4. Outside of Palestine. 5. His treatment of his subjects. 6. His record as husband and father. 7. The effects of his reign.

SUBJECTS FOR SPECIAL RESEARCH: 1. Rome under Augustus. Botsford, _Hist. of Rome_, 204-22; Bury, _Student's Rom. Emp._, chs. I-XIV; Capes, _Early Empire_, chs. I-III, XII-XIX. 2. Herod's Caesarea. Smith, _Hist. Geog. of the Holy Land_, 138-41; _En. Bib._, I, 617-8; Kent, _Bib. Geog. and Hist._, 233. 3. The various sides of Herod's character. Hastings, _D.B._, II, 356-7; _En. Bib._, II, 2025-9; Bevan, _Jer. under the High Priests_, 148-51.