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Co-regency of Augustus and Tiberius caused 2 years error in redating Herod's death from 1 BC to 4 BC

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In my previous blogs titled “Total solar eclipse before Augustus' death proves Herod the Great's death wasn't on 4 BC” , and "Midrash Rosh Hashana proves Herod the Great's death wasn't on 4 BC" , I explained in great detail why I don’t support the revised date of 4 BC for Herod’s death. In this blog, I will be explaining now why I support the traditional date of 1 BC instead, and how the many fierce arguments against this unpopular opinion can all be answered with finality.   Also In my previous blog titled, “Faulty Olympiad calendar caused 1 year error in redating Herod's death from 1 BC to 4 BC” I already showed that 4 BC, supposedly the year Herod’s successors ascended their thrones, was at least 1 year too early. And this is because the traditional year when the 1st Olympiad started, was wrongly set on 776 BC instead of 775 BC. In this blog I will now show you why even after correcting this 1 year error, 4 BC is 2 years too early still. If