<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishIngawa ngome zilijengwa hapa na Wamakabe katika karne ya pili KK, Mfalme Herode Mkuu aliiboresha sana, akibadilisha kuwa jumba la kifalme lenye ngome, lililojaa chakula cha miaka mingi na lililowekwa mabwawa makubwa yaliyotolewa na mafuriko ya ghafla kupitia mfereji wa maji ili kuhakikisha usambazaji wa maji.  <response>: Although fortifications were built here by the Maccabees in the second century b.c. , King Herod the Great improved on these hugely, transforming them into a magnificent fortified palace, stocked with years store of food and fitted with enormous cisterns supplied by flash floods via an aqueduct to ensure a plentiful water supply. 