Jewish War 1.14.4: Mark Antony (Marcus Antonius): «...then resolved to get him made king of the Jews… told them that it was for their advantage in the Parthian war that Herod should be king; so they all gave their votes for it. And when the senate was separated, Antony and Caesar went out, with Herod between them; while the consul and the rest of the magistrates went before them, in order to offer sacrifices [to the Roman gods], and to lay the decree in the Capitol. Antony also made a feast for Herod on the first day of his reign;»"
Jewish Encyclopedia: Herod I: «...above all, he was prepared to commit any crime in order to gratify his unbounded ambition.»
Jewish Encyclopedia: Herod I: «He was of commanding presence; he excelled in physical exercises; he was a skilful diplomatist; and, above all, he was prepared to commit any crime in order to gratify his unbounded ambition.»
Jewish Encyclopedia: «Circumcision: Circumcision Necessary or Not?»: «The rigorous Shammaite view, voiced in the Book of Jubilees (l.c.), prevailed in the time of King John Hyrcanus, who forced the Abrahamic rite upon the Idumeans, and in that of King Aristobulus, who made the Itureans undergo circumcision» (Josephus, Ant. xiii. 9, § 1; 11, § 3).
Jewish Encyclopedia: Herod I: Opposition of the Pious: «All the worldly pomp and splendor which made Herod popular among the pagans, however, rendered him abhorrent to the Jews, who could not forgive him for insulting their religious feelings by forcing upon them heathen games and combats with wild animals...»
Catholic Encyclopedia: Herod: Herod the Great: «Herod, surnamed the Great, called by Grätz [probably Heinrich Graetz] the evil genius of the Judean nation» (Hist., v. II, s. 77)
