 Josephus reports this as being in the year of the consulship of Agrippa and Gallus (37 BCE), but also says that it was exactly 27 years after Jerusalem fell to Pompey, which would indicate 36 BCE.Cassius Dio also reports that in 37 BCE "the Romans accomplished nothing worthy of note" in the area.According to Josephus, Herod ruled for 37 years, 34 of them after capturing Jerusalem.