Aristobulus I

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Aristobulus I was a Hasmonean king of Judea in the 2nd century BCE, notable for being the first of the dynasty to assume the royal title and for expanding Jewish territory through military campaigns.

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Judah Aristobulus 1
Yehudah Aristobulus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hasmonean ruler
Hellenistic-era monarch
Jewish monarch
king of Judea
alsoKnownAs Aristobulus I
surface form: Judah Aristobulus

Aristobulus I
surface form: Yehudah Aristobulus
associatedWith Second Temple in Jerusalem
surface form: Temple in Jerusalem
burialPlace Jerusalem
capital Jerusalem
centuryOfActivity 1st century BCE
2nd century BCE
chronologicalContext post-Maccabean period
conflict Campaigns against the Itureans
countryRuled Judea
deathDate 103 BCE
deathPlace Judea
dynasty Hasmonean dynasty
ethnicGroup Jewish
expandedTerritoryTo Galilee
Iturea
surface form: Iturean territories
father John Hyrcanus I
givenName Yehuda
surface form: Judah
governmentForm Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: Hasmonean monarchy
house Hasmonean dynasty
surface form: House of Hasmonean
languageOfName Greek
mother Salome Alexandra
surface form: Unnamed Hasmonean woman
notableFor expansion of Judean territory
first Hasmonean to assume the royal title of king
military campaigns in Galilee
policy forcible Judaization of conquered Itureans
politicalStatus Hellenistic client king
positionHeld High Priest in Jerusalem
predecessor John Hyrcanus I
regionRuled Levant region
surface form: Levant
reignEnd 103 BCE
reignStart 104 BCE
religion Judaism
royalStyle Basileus (king)
sibling Alexander Jannaeus
Antigonus II Mattathias
surface form: Antigonus (Hasmonean prince)
sourceMention Antiquities of the Jews
surface form: Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews

Josephus’s work "The Jewish War"
surface form: Josephus, The Jewish War
spouse Salome Alexandra
successor Alexander Jannaeus
title High Priest of Israel
King of Judea

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Aristobulus I alsoKnownAs Aristobulus I
this entity surface form: Judah Aristobulus
Aristobulus I alsoKnownAs Aristobulus I
this entity surface form: Yehudah Aristobulus
Hasmonean dynasty hasRuler Aristobulus I