98 BCE: Alexander Jannaeus besieges and subdues Amathus, the most important of the fortresses beyond the Jordan.

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76 BCE: Alexandra, widow and successor of Alexander Jannaeus, allows the Pharisees to kill whomever they want to.

88 BCE: The Jews, aided by Demetrius III, King of Syria, fight Alexander Jannaeus. Demetrius wins the battle but then withdraws, having been abandoned by the Jews who had summoned him.

68 CE: The priest Ananus and the citizens of Jerusalem fight the Zealots.

68 CE: The Idumaeans slaughter the chief priests, including Ananus and Jesus.

69 CE: Vespasian, realizing the importance of Egypt to the empire, sets out for Alexandria. The legions of Alexandria swear allegiance to him as their new emperor.

37 BCE: Herod seizes a fort near Philadelphia (Amman, Jordan) and there defeats the Arabs.

165 BCE: Judah Maccabee leads an insurgency against Antiochus IV and expels his troops from the temple precincts and citadel of Jerusalem.

7 BCE: Herod, repenting the execution of his sons Alexander and Aristobulus, arranges marriages for his orphaned grandchildren.

67 CE: The Jews, elated by their unexpected success against Cestius, decide to attack the Romans at Ascalon (Ashkelon), but are routed by the much better-equipped and better-trained Romans.

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Josephus, Flavius, Author

Verard, Antoine, d. ca. 1513, Printer

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76 BCE: Alexandra, widow and successor of Alexander Jannaeus, allows the Pharisees to kill whomever they want to.

88 BCE: The Jews, aided by Demetrius III, King of Syria, fight Alexander Jannaeus. Demetrius wins the battle but then withdraws, having been abandoned by the Jews who had summoned him.

68 CE: The priest Ananus and the citizens of Jerusalem fight the Zealots.

68 CE: The Idumaeans slaughter the chief priests, including Ananus and Jesus.

69 CE: Vespasian, realizing the importance of Egypt to the empire, sets out for Alexandria. The legions of Alexandria swear allegiance to him as their new emperor.

37 BCE: Herod seizes a fort near Philadelphia (Amman, Jordan) and there defeats the Arabs.

165 BCE: Judah Maccabee leads an insurgency against Antiochus IV and expels his troops from the temple precincts and citadel of Jerusalem.

7 BCE: Herod, repenting the execution of his sons Alexander and Aristobulus, arranges marriages for his orphaned grandchildren.

67 CE: The Jews, elated by their unexpected success against Cestius, decide to attack the Romans at Ascalon (Ashkelon), but are routed by the much better-equipped and better-trained Romans.

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7 BCE: Herod's sons Alexander and Aristobulus are charged in another plot to kill Herod. Herod has them executed at Sebaste, Samaria.

35 BCE: Mariamme upbraids Herod for having put to death her grandfather, Hyrcanus II.

4 BCE: Herod accuses his son, Antipater, of treason.

63 BCE: Aristobulus II, a suppliant to Pompey the Great, offers to surrender himself and Jerusalem.

63 BCE: As Pompey captures the Temple, many of the besieged fling themselves over the ramparts.

88 BCE: The Jews, aided by Demetrius III, King of Syria, fight Alexander Jannaeus. Demetrius wins the battle but then withdraws, having been abandoned by the Jews who had summoned him.

170 BCE: Antiochus IV, in the course of war with Ptolemy VI, attacks Jerusalem and seizes control of it from him.

4 BCE: Archelaus ascends the throne on the death of his father, Herod.

4 BCE: Disciples of certain sages of Jerusalem tear down the image of a golden eagle, which Herod, in violation of Jewish law, had erected on the gate of the Temple.

76 BCE: Alexandra, widow and successor of Alexander Jannaeus, allows the Pharisees to kill whomever they want to.

10 BCE: Herod is implored not to punish his son, Alexander, who has been denounced as a traitor by Herod's three eunuchs. A woman suppliant is depicted, but, according to Josephus's text, the suppliant is actually Archelaus, king of Cappadocia, whose daughter was married to Alexander.

4 BCE: Herod lies on his deathbed as disease pervades his body. He has a raging fever, dropsy, abdominal pain and inflammation, gangrene of the genitals, asthma and convulsions.

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