A Clash of Empires

S1 E2: When King Herod claims Jerusalem from the Hasmoneans, he angers Cleopatra in Egypt, who wants to reclaim Judea as part of the Egyptian Kingdom. The two are drawn into a complex series of political maneuvers, as the co-ruler of Rome, Mark Antony, tries to control them. Despite this conflict, Herod the Great manages to modernize the ancient city and build the Second Temple, revolutionizing the city of God forever, before the arrival of two new religions that will change everything.