Civil war between two claimants to the Hasmonean Jewish Crown
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Hasmonean Civil War
Part of the Pharisee-Sadducee conflict and the Third Mithridatic War
Pompey in the Temple of Jerusalem, Jean Fouquet (1470-1475)
Date
67–63 BCE
Location
Hasmonean Kingdom
Result
Roman victory Hyrcanus II becomes ethnarch Judea becomes a Roman vassal kingdom
Belligerents
Aristobulus supporters: Sadducees Mercenaries
Hyrcanus supporters: Pharisees Nabataean kingdom
Roman Republic
Commanders and leaders
Aristobulus II
Hyrcanus II Antipater Aretas III
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
Strength
Unknown
Unknown number of Hyrcanus loyalists (over 6,000) 50,000 Nabataean infantry and cavalry troops[1]
Unknown
Casualties and losses
Over 12,000 killed (Including many civilians)
Over 6,000 killed
Light
The Hasmonean Civil War was a civil war between two claimants to the Hasmonean Jewish Crown. What began as an inter-Jewish conflict became a highly decisive conflict that included the Nabataean Kingdom and ended with Roman involvement. This conflict resulted in the loss of Jewish independence.
^Josephus, War of the Jews, Book 1 Chapter 6, 2
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