Category:Antigonus (subject)
Antigonus (1st century BCE) was a member of the Hasmonean dynasty and the ast Hasmonean King of Judea
Biography
Antigonus was the second son of Aristobulus II and together with his father was carried prisoner to Rome by Pompey in 63 BCE. Both escaped in 57, and returned to Palestine, in the attempt to oppose the Roman power there, unsuccessfully.
Even after the death of his father, Antigonus did not give up the hope of regaining power, challenging the authority of Antipater and John Hyrcanus II before Julius Caesar, with no results.
In 40 BCE he allied himself with the Parthians and thanks to their support deposed the High Priest, his uncle John Hyrcanus II, and became High Priest and King, from 40 to 37 BCE. Hyrcanus was mutilated at his ears to make him permanently unfit for the office of high priest and taken a captive to Babylon.
In 37 BCE, Herod the Great restored the Roman control over the region and turned Antigonus over to Mark Antony, who had him beheaded.
Antigonus in ancient sources
- Flavius Josephus, Antiquities 15.1.2.9
- Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Roman History, book xlix, c.22
- Plutarch, Life of Antony
Antigonus in Scholarship
Antigonus in Fiction
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