7 Yr to Actium (mar 1, 36 BC – mar 1, 31 BC)
Description:
Herod the Great and Jesus Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence, by Gerard GertouxJosephus relates that the battle of Actium took place in the 7th year of Herod's reign (Jewish Antiquities XV:121).
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Yet Another Eclipse for Herod by John P. Pratt,
Reprinted from the Planetarian , vol. 19, no. 4, Dec. 1990, pp. 8-14.
The conclusion that Herod's first year began in 37 B.C. is confirmed by events from Roman history: Augustus' defeat of Antony in 31 B.C. was in Herod's seventh year
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Date:
mar 1, 36 BC
mar 1, 31 BC
~ 5 years
