694876 Herod the Great accuses his sons, Alexander and Aristobulus, of treason. c.1700 (engraving) by Dutch School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: illustration from \'Antiquities of the Jews\' by Flavius Josephus a Jewish rebel leader captured by the Romans, in whose service he became a historian; Herod the Great (73-4 BC) Roman client King of Judaea; according to Josephus, he ruled for 37 years, 34 years of them after capturing Jerusalem; in 8 BC Herod accused his sons from his marriage with Mariamne of high treason and after condemnation they were killed; \'Antiquitates Judaicae\' is a history of the Jewish people in 21 volumes written in Greek by Flavius Josephus (c.37-c.100 AD)).