With Roman help King Herod retook the city in 37 B.C., from ... from 6 B.C.—could be written off as a city for pagans, the holy city of Jerusalem was also threatened by the Romanizing instincts ...

But at this time, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was also king of Spain. And along with Spain also came regions of the Netherlands and the Low Countries. So because he was king of Spain and Holy ...