Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE

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Roman military intervention Roman political intervention historical event

The Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE was the decisive military and political action by the Roman general Pompey that ended the Hasmonean kingdom’s independence and brought Judea under Roman control.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Judea becomes a client state of the Roman Republic	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman military intervention ⓘ Roman political intervention ⓘ historical event ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Third Mithridatic War ⓘ
commandedBy	Pompey the Great ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
conflict	Hasmonean civil war ⓘ
countryInvolved	Roman Republic ⓘ
date	63 BCE ⓘ
describedIn	Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ surface form: The Jewish War Works of Flavius Josephus ⓘ
followedBy	Roman administration of Judea ⓘ appointment of Hyrcanus II as high priest under Roman oversight ⓘ
hasCause	Hasmonean dynastic conflict between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II ⓘ appeal of Hyrcanus II and Antipater the Idumaean to Pompey ⓘ
hasContext	Roman reorganization of the Eastern Mediterranean after the defeat of Mithridates VI ⓘ competition among local Hellenistic and Near Eastern rulers for Roman favor ⓘ
hasEffect	Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Judea becomes a client state of the Roman Republic beginning of Roman control over Judea ⓘ end of Hasmonean Kingdom’s independence ⓘ integration of Judea into the Roman sphere of influence in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ reduction of Hasmonean ruler to high priest and client prince ⓘ
hasLocation	Jerusalem ⓘ Judea ⓘ
hasParticipant	Aristobulus II NERFINISHED ⓘ Pompey the Great ⓘ surface form: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom Hyrcanus II NERFINISHED ⓘ
involves	breach of Jerusalem’s walls by Roman forces ⓘ capture of Aristobulus II ⓘ siege of the Temple Mount ⓘ
longTermConsequence	foundation for later establishment of the Roman province of Judea ⓘ framework for later rule of Herod the Great under Roman patronage ⓘ
partOf	Pompey’s Eastern campaigns ⓘ Roman expansion in the Near East ⓘ
politicalImpact	curtailment of Hasmonean royal authority ⓘ rise in influence of Antipater the Idumaean ⓘ
precededBy	Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE) ⓘ
region	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant
relatedTo	Hasmonean dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Judea under Roman rule ⓘ
religiousImpact	Roman entry into the Holy of Holies in the Jerusalem Temple ⓘ shock and resentment among segments of the Jewish population ⓘ
result	imposition of tribute on Judea by Rome ⓘ loss of Judean territorial holdings outside a reduced core ⓘ
year	-63 ⓘ

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Hasmonean dynasty → keyEvent → Roman intervention of Pompey in 63 BCE ⓘ