The siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns in the East, shortly after his successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War. Pompey had been asked to …

Mar 29, 2025 · Judaism - Roman Period, 63 BCE-135 CE: Under Roman rule a number of new groups, largely political, emerged in Palestine. Their common aim was to seek an independent …

Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hybrida (or, less frequently, year 691 Ab urbe condita).

In 63 BCE, the kingdom of Judaea was conquered by the Roman Republic, ending Jewish independence under the Hasmonean dynasty. [10] [11] Roman general Pompey intervened in …

Jul 6, 2016 · Roman general Pompey maneuvers for conquest of Judea. He enters Judea with his forces and, allied for the moment with Hyrcanus II (of the Maccabeean dynasty), captures …

Sep 23, 2020 · Roman-Jewish Wars: name of several military engagements between the Roman Republic (later: Empire) and various groups of Jews between 63 BCE and 136 CE. The …

Apr 8, 2008 · The Roman general Pompey, taking advantage of an internal quarrel between two rival members of the Hasmonean royal family, conquered Jerusalem in 63 BCE. Taking the …

In 37 BCE, Herod, a son-in-law of Hyrcanus II, was appointed King of Judea by the Romans. Granted almost unlimited autonomy in the country’s internal affairs, he became one of the …

PALESTINE UNDER POMPEY AND CAESAR; JOHN HYRCANUS II, HIGH PRIEST. The end of the Seleucid dynasty and the reduction of Syria to a Roman province were among the …

Mar 26, 2012 · Eighty years of independent Jewish sovereignty ended, and the period of Roman dominion began. During the rule of John Hyrcanus II (63-40 BCE), an Idumaean convert to …