1. herodian - Noun
2. herodian - Adjective
One of a party among the Jews, composed of partisans of Herod of Galilee. They joined with the Pharisees against Christ.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to Herodian this cost him the respect of his troops, who may have felt they should be punishing the tribes who were intruding on Rome's territory. Source: Internet
After the fall of the city, Jerusalem's conqueror, Caliph Omar ibn al-Khattab permitted Jewish people to return and to construct a small synagogue within the Herodian precinct. Source: Internet
After their joint suicide in 30 BCE, Octavian assumed control of the Roman Empire and granted Herod absolute rule over Jericho, as part of the new Herodian domain. Source: Internet
Quoted in Waith (1984: 87) G.K. Hunter has suggested Shakespeare may have taken Saturninus' name from Herodian 's History of the Empire from the Death of Marcus, which features a jealous and violent tribune named Saturninus. Source: Internet
Francis, 21 n. 1. "Alone of the emperors," wrote the historian Herodian, "he gave proof of his learning not by mere words or knowledge of philosophical doctrines but by his blameless character and temperate way of life." Source: Internet
Herodian, 6:6:3 Nevertheless, although the Sassanids were checked for the time, Southern, pg. 62 the conduct of the Roman army showed an extraordinary lack of discipline. Source: Internet