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Hyrcanus II

d. 30 BCE · 1st century BCE

Hyrcanus II was a Hasmonean high priest and ruler of Judaea, the elder son of Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra. Ousted by his brother Aristobulus II, he was restored as high priest by Pompey in 63 BCE, with the Idumaean Antipater as his chief minister. Captured by the Parthians in 40 BCE, he was later executed by Herod the Great around 30 BCE.

Hyrcanus II
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Hasmonean Kingdom

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