Thus provided with considerable assets by its founder , the new city developed rapidly in Roman times ; Augustus adorned it with monuments financed by the spoils of war .
It also owes much to the patronage of Herod the Great .
Thus provided with considerable assets by its founder , the new city developed rapidly in Roman times ; Augustus adorned it with monuments financed by the spoils of war , but it also owes much to the patronage of Herod the Great .