What the records say
- When
- 67 BCE – 63 BCE
- Kind
- Civil war
- Coordinates
- 31.78° N, 35.22° E
- Description
- civil war between two claimants to the Hasmonean crown
Placed at the middle of its battles.
Hasmonean civil war
Civil war between two claimants to the Hasmonean Jewish Crown
The Hasmonean civil war was a succession war fought in Judea between Salome Alexandra's sons, Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II, over the Hasmonean crown. What began as a civil war, Hyrcanus backed by Antipater and Nabataean king Aretas III, Aristobulus holding Jerusalem, drew in the Roman Republic when Pompey intervened, besieged the Temple precincts in 63 BCE, and captured Jerusalem.
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