Years covered: 162 BC - 143 BC
In our second part on the lifetime of Jonathan Apphus, we find out what happens to the Maccabees after the Temple is in their hands. Antiochus IV might be dead, but that doesn't mean the Seleucids are just going to relinquish Judea. Independence will be a long, drawn-out process, and paid for in blood.
Cast of Characters
The Jews:
Mattitayhu the Hasmonean x
Judah Maccabeus x
Simon Thassi
Jonathan Apphus x
John Gaddi x
Eleazar Avaran x
Sons of Jonathan Apphus x
Alcimus x
The Seleucids:
Antiochus V Eupator x
Lysias x
Demetrius II Nicator
Timarchus
Heracleides
Alexander Balas x
Laodica
Diodotus Tryphon
Antiochus VI Dionysus
Seleucid Generals:
Gerogias
Nicanor x
Bacchides
The Ptolemies:
Ptolemy VI Philometer
Cleopatra Thea
Sources:
Antiquities of the Jews - Josephus
The Book of the Maccabees Part 1
The Book of the Maccabees Part 2
The Histories - Polybius
Tractate Shabbat - The Talmud
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