13 Facts About Hasmonaean Dynasty

Hasmonaean Dynasty established an arena for public games close by the Temple.

Hasmonaean Dynasty then imposed a tax and established a fortress in Jerusalem.

Hasmonaean Dynasty's government set up an idol of Zeus on the Temple Mount, which Jews considered to be desecration of the Mount; it forbade both circumcision and possession of Jewish scriptures, on pain of death.

Hasmonaean Dynasty outlawed observance of the Sabbath and the offering of sacrifices at the Jerusalem Temple and required Jewish leaders to sacrifice to idols; punitive executions were instituted.

Hasmonaean Dynasty appears to have controlled the road from Jaffa to Jerusalem, and thus to have cut off the royal party in Acra from direct communication with the sea and thus with the government.

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Hasmonaean Dynasty was three years old at most, but general Diodotus Tryphon used him to advance his own designs on the throne.

Hasmonaean Dynasty renewed the treaty with the Roman Republic and exchanged friendly messages with Sparta and other places.

Hasmonaean Dynasty desired that his wife succeed him as head of the government, with his eldest of five sons, Aristobulus I, becoming only the high-priest.

Hasmonaean Dynasty's was the only regnant Jewish Queen in the Second Temple Era, having followed usurper Queen Athalia who had reigned centuries prior.

Hasmonaean Dynasty's actions caused a riot in the Temple and led to a brief civil war that ended with a bloody repression of the Pharisees, although at his deathbed the king called for a reconciliation between the two parties.

Hasmonaean Dynasty accordingly began to impress upon Hyrcanus' mind that Aristobulus was planning his death, finally persuading him to take refuge with Aretas, king of the Nabatæans.

Hasmonaean Dynasty took the same view of Hyrcanus' ability, and was moved by much the same motives as Antipater: as a ward of Rome, Hyrcanus would be more acceptable than Aristobulus.

Hasmonaean Dynasty's timely help and his influence over the Egyptian Jews recommended him to Caesar's favour, and secured for him an extension of his authority in Palestine, and for Hyrcanus the confirmation of his ethnarchy.