Upon Hyrcanus ' death, however, Aristobulus jailed his mother and three brothers, including Alexander Jannaeus, and allowed her to starve there.

When, therefore, the brothers, as well as delegates of the people's party, which, weary of Hasmonean quarrels, desired the extinction of the dynasty, presented themselves before Pompey, he delayed the decision, in spite of Aristobulus ' gift of a golden vine valued at five hundred talents.

Although Pompey and his lieutenant Scaurus initially ruled in Aristobulus ’ favor when the brothers brought their case forward, on the third intervention Pompey ordered the brothers to wait.

Josephus, in Antiquities of the Jews, relates Honi's end in the context of conflict between the Hasmonean brothers Hyrcanus II, backed by the Pharisees and advised by Antipater the Idumaean, and Aristobulus II, backed by the Sadducees.

The brothers met in battle near Jericho and many of Hyrcanus ' soldiers went over to Aristobulus, and thereby gave the latter the victory.

The brothers met in battle near Jericho and many of Hyrcanus ' soldiers went over to Aristobulus II, and thereby gave the latter the victory.

Details of geography and natural history were taken from Aristobulus, although Arrian himself had a wide knowledge of Anatolia and other eastern regions.

Aristobulus, for example, was known as kolax ( κόλαξ ), the flatterer, while other sources were hostile or had political agendas.

" i. 291, note 2 ), but was to enjoy the revenues of the latter office: " but Hyrcanus, with those of his party who stayed with him, fled to Antonia, and got into his power the hostages ( which were Aristobulus's wife, with her children ) that he might perservere ; but the parties came to an agreement before things should come to extremes, that Aristobulus should be king, and Hyrcanus should resign, but retain all the rest of his dignities, as being the king's brother.

Hereupon they were reconciled to each other in the Temple, and embraced one another in a very kind manner, while the people stood round about them ; they also changed their houses, while Aristobulus went to the royal palace, and Hyrcanus retired to the house of Aristobulus.

When, in 50 BCE, it appeared that Julius Caesar was interested in using Aristobulus and his family as his clients to take control of Judea from Hyrcanus and Antipater, who were beholden to Pompey, supporters of Pompey had Aristobulus poisoned in Rome and executed Alexander in Antioch.

Her sons by Herod, Aristobulus IV and Alexander, were in their adulthood also executed by their father.

The later Herodian rulers Agrippa I and Agrippa II both had Hasmonean blood, as Agrippa I's father was Aristobulus IV, son of Herod by Mariamne I, but they were not direct male descendants, unless Herod was understood as a Hasmonean as per the following synthesis:

According to Jewish tradition, only descendants of Judah, or, more specifically, the House of David, were qualified to be kings of Israel, so all of Aristobulus ' predecessors used the title of " nasi "/" president ". Aristobulus I from " Guillaume Rouillé | Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

Aristobulus and his son were captured in 63 BCE.

This is the point that Aristobulus II and his son were taken prisoner.

Aristobulus was among many philosophers of his day who argued that the essentials of Greek philosophy and metaphysics were derived from Jewish sources.

King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II becomes king under Roman suzerainty.

King Judah Aristobulus II removed from power, while his brother John Hyrcanus II is reappointed king ( ethnarch ) under Roman suzerainty and high priest, until 40 BC.

But his mother Alexandra Maccabeus ( 63 BC – 28 BC ), through intercession with Cleopatra and Mark Antony, compelled Herod to remove Hananel from the office of High Priest and appoint Aristobulus instead.

To secure himself against danger from Aristobulus, Herod instituted a system of espionage against him and his mother.

Soon afterwards he was convicted, through the information of his brother Aristobulus, of having received a bribe from the Damascenes, who wished to purchase his influence with the proconsul, and was again compelled to flee.

Upon her death her elder son Hyrcanus sought support from Pharisees, and her younger son, Aristobulus, sought the support of the Sadducees.

The scholarly consensus is that Arrian's work is to a considerable extent a reworking of Ptolemy ; albeit with material from other writers, particularly Aristobulus, brought in where Arrian thought them useful.

" Aristobulus ruled from 67 – 63 BCE ).

Aretas was ordered to withdraw his army from Judea, and while retreating suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Aristobulus.

Strabo, who extends Hyrcania as far north as the river Ochus, says from Aristobulus that Hyrcania was a woody region, producing oaks and pines, but not the pitch pine, which abounded in India.

* 40 BCE: Antigonus, son of Hasmonean Aristobulus II and nephew of Hyrcanus II, offers money to the Parthian army to help him recapture the Hasmonean realm from the Romans.

Later when accused by Aristobulus ’ son, Antigonus, who returns from Roman bondage to contest for power, Antipater made a great scene of his scars from fighting for Caesar ’ s life in Egypt.

As well, she did not abstain from actual warfare ; she sent her son Aristobulus with an army to besiege Damascus, then beleaguered by Ptolemy Menneus.

Reverse of a Roman denarius of Aulus Plautius from about 55 BCE with inscription " Bacchius Judaeus ", pertaining to Aristobulus II in the Hasmonean era

Days later, Aristobulus died of internal bleeding from a disease.

Aristobulus II from " Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum "

Aristobulus II was the Jewish High Priest and King of Judea, 66 BC to 63 BC, from the Hasmonean Dynasty.

On Aristobulus ' death ( 103 BCE ), Aristobulus ' wife liberated his brother Alexander Jannaeus, who had been held in prison.

The dramatic murder of Aristobulus III in a swimming pool in Jericho, as told by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus, took place during a banquet organized by Herod's Hasmonean mother-in-law.

The next year, he was summoned by Aulus Gabinius, proconsul of Syria, to take part in the campaigns against Aristobulus II in Judea, as the commander of a Gallic cavalry regiment.

* Battle at Mount Tabor in Judea: Roman troops, commanded by Gabinius, defeat the forces of Alexander, son of Aristobulus II of Judea, attempting to re-establish Judean independence.

* Massacre of over 12, 000 Jews on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem by Roman troops, in support of John Hyrcanus II against Aristobulus II.

This second account is also confirmed by the fact that Diocletian kept Carinus ' Praetorian Guard commander, Titus Claudius Aurelius Aristobulus, in service.

Arrian was able to use sources which are now mostly lost, such as the contemporary works by Callisthenes ( the nephew of Alexander's tutor Aristotle ), Onesicritus, Nearchus and Aristobulus.

Hyrcanus took refuge in the citadel of Jerusalem, but the capture of the Temple by Aristobulus II compelled Hyrcanus to surrender.

At first Scaurus, moved by a gift of four hundred talents, decided in favor of Aristobulus.

He took the same view of Hyrcanus ' ability, and was moved by much the same motives as Antipater: as a ward of Rome, Hyrcanus would be more acceptable than Aristobulus.

During Gabinius ' absence in Egypt, Syria had been devastated by robbers, and Alexander, son of Aristobulus, had again taken up arms with the object of depriving Hyrcanus II of the high-priesthood.

* Full sister to Herod V ( king of Chalkis ), Herod Agrippa ( king of Judea ), Aristobulus V, and Mariamne III ( wife of Crown Prince Antipater and, after his execution by Herod the Great, she was possibly the first wife Herod Archelaus, principal heir of Herod the Great and ethnarch of Judea )

That honor fell to Aristobulus and Alexander, Herod's sons by the Hasmonean princess Mariamne.

It was ruled by Simon the son of Matisyahu ; then by his son Yochanan who started minting coins ; then by his son Yehuda Aristobolus ; then by his wife Salome Alexandra ; then by his brother Alexander Yannai ; then by his sons Hyrcanus and Aristobulus.

Arrian was able to use sources which are now lost, such as the contemporary works by Callisthenes ( the nephew of Alexander's tutor Aristotle ), Onesicritus, Nearchus, and Aristobulus, and the slightly later work of Cleitarchus.