After the initial years of Roman administration and political infighting, Rome installed Herod (scion of a family from Idumea, a Jewish kingdom in the desert) as King of Judea.
Herod became King of Judea.
The Prior's Quarters in the second dormitory (cells 12, 13, and 14) were the home of fire-and-brimstone preacher Girolamo Savonarola from 1481 until his death in 1498 .