Hasmonean Dynasty
| Hasmonean Kingdom | ||||||||||
| ממלכת החשמונאים Mamlekheth haHash'mona'im |
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Seleucid Empire vassal (140–110) Kingdom (110–63 BCE, 40–37 BCE) Client state of the Roman Republic (63–40 BCE) |
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 The Hasmonean Kingdom at its greatest extent
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| Capital | Jerusalem | |||||||||
| Languages | Biblical Hebrew, Old Aramaic (official),Koine Greek | |||||||||
| Religion | Judaism | |||||||||
| Government | Theocratic monarchy | |||||||||
| Kohen Gadol, later Basileus | ||||||||||
| • | 140–135 BCE | Simon Maccabeus | ||||||||
| • | 134 (110)–104 BCE | John Hyrcanus | ||||||||
| • | 104–103 BCE | Aristobulus I | ||||||||
| • | 103–76 BCE | Alexander Jannaeus | ||||||||
| • | 76–67 BCE | Salome Alexandra | ||||||||
| • | 67–66 BCE | Hyrcanus II | ||||||||
| • | 66–63 BCE | Aristobulus II | ||||||||
| • | 63–40 BCE | Hyrcanus II | ||||||||
| • | 40–37 BCE | Antigonus | ||||||||
| Legislature | Early Sanhedrin | |||||||||
| Historical era | Hellenistic Age | |||||||||
| • | Maccabean Revolt | 167 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Dynasty established | 140 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Full independence | 110 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Pompey intervenes in Hasmonean civil war | 63 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Parthian invasion | 40 BCE | ||||||||
| • | Herod overthrows the Hasmoneans | 37 BCE | ||||||||
| Currency | Hasmonean coinage | |||||||||
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The Hasmonean dynasty (/ˌhæzməˈniːən/ (audio); Hebrew: חשמונאים, Roman. Ḥashmona'im) was the ruling dynasty of Judea and surrounding regions during classical antiquity. Between c. 140 and c. 116 BCE the dynasty ruled semi-autonomously from the Seleucids in the region of Judea. From 110 BCE, with the Seleucid empire disintegrating, the dynasty became fully independent, expanded into the neighbouring regions of Samaria, Galilee, Iturea, Perea, and Idumea, and took the title "basileus". Some modern scholars refer to this period as an independent kingdom of Israel.
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