hasmonaean

Updated: May 8, 2025

But, when Pompeius arrived in Syria, he cancelled the orders of his subordinates and directed the Jews to resume their old constitution under high-priests, as the senate had recognized it about 593, and to renounce along with the hereditary principality itself all the conquests made by the Hasmonaean princes.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

Now that the Armenian invasion, just as it approached the borders of Judaea, was averted from that land by the intervention of Lucullus, the gifted rulers of the Hasmonaean house would probably have carried their arms still farther, had not the development of the power of that remarkable conquering priestly state been nipped in the bud by internal divisions. Pharisees Sadducees

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Now that the Armenian invasion, just as it approached the borders of Judaea, was averted from that land by the intervention of Lucullus, the gifted rulers of the Hasmonaean house would probably have carried their arms still farther, had not the development of the power of that remarkable conquering priestly state been nipped in the bud by internal divisions. Pharisees Sadducees

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

But, when Pompeius arrived in Syria, he cancelled the orders of his subordinates and directed the Jews to resume their old constitution under high-priests, as the senate had recognized it about 593, and to renounce along with the hereditary principality itself all the conquests made by the Hasmonaean princes.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)