Pompey, seeing in Hyrcanus a means of …
Years: 63BCE - 63BCE
Pompey, seeing in Hyrcanus a means of controlling the temple-state, directs his Roman legions in laying siege to and capturing Jerusalem.
He imposes taxes on the Jews and curtails Jewish dominions, granting virtual autonomy to a group of ten or eleven Hellenized cities in Syria and Palestine, henceforth to be known as the Decapolis.
The Romans intend the league to be a means of mutual protection and security against the Greek cities’ Semitic neighbors.
He places the league under the jurisdiction of the newly appointed governor of Syria.
Pompey restores Hyrcanus to the high priesthood and some semblance of civil authority, but without the title of king adopted by his predecessors.
Thus, eighty years of independent Jewish sovereignty end, and a period of Roman dominion begins.
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Years: 63BCE - 63BCE
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