Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem

Name: Pompey's Capture of Jerusalem
Start: -63

Type Event Region West Asia Time -63

In 63 BCE, Roman general Pompey intervened in Judaea at the request of one side in the Hasmonean civil war, besieging and capturing Jerusalem and ent…

Timeline

-63Syria · SyriaCivil war between Hasmonean heirs Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II; both sides appealed to Rome, and Pompey marched east to adjudicate.
-63Jerusalem · JerusalemPompey besieged Jerusalem for three months; after taking the city he entered the Temple's Holy of Holies, killed the defenders, and brought Judaea into Rome's sphere of influence.
-63Jerusalem · JerusalemPompey restored Hyrcanus II as high priest but stripped him of the royal title, reduced Judaea's territory, made it a Roman vassal, and paved the way for the later Province of Judaea.

Sources

Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book 14 — Josephus