167 Desecration of the Jerusalem Temple and persecution of
Judeans: beginning of the Maccabean Revolt
164 Rededication of the Temple; death of Antiochus IV
162 Menelaus executed; Alcimus appointed high priest
161 Judas defeats Nicanor and makes treaty with Rome
160 Battle of Elasa; Judas killed; Jonathan assumes leadership
ca. 160 Onias IV builds temple at Leontopolis in Egypt
159 Death of Alcimus
159-152 Jewish high priesthood vacant
157 Treaty between Jonathan and Bacchides; Syrians withdraw
from Palestine
152 Jonathan appointed high priest by Alexander Balas
142 Death of Jonathan and accession of Simon
141 Conquest of the Jerusalem citadel
140 Simon confirmed as high priest, commander, and
ethnarch
139 Expulsion of Jews from Rome
134 Death of Simon and accession of John Hyrcanus;
Antiochus VII invades Judea and besieges Jerusalem;
Hyrcanus comes to terms with Antiochus; Judea tempo-
rarily under Seleucid domination
129/128 Antiochus VII dies; Judea isde factoindependent;
Hyrcanus campaigns in Transjordan
126-104 Hasmonean expansion into Samaria, Idumea, and Galilee
112/111 Samaritan temple on Mt. Gerizim destroyed by John
Hyrcanus
104-103 Aristobulus I high priest and king
103-76 Alexander Jannaeus high priest and king
76-67 Shelamzion Alexandra rules Judea as queen
67-66 Hasmonean civil war breaks out; Hyrcanus II abdicates to
Aristobulus II
65 Hyrcanus and Aretas the Nabatean besiege Aristobulus;
Romans halt siege
64 Pompey annexes Syria: end of Seleucid rule
63 Pompey captures Jerusalem: end of Hasmonean indepen-
dence
58-49 First Roman Triumvirate (Pompey, Crassus, Julius Caesar)
49-45 Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and theoptimates
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