Aristobulus II

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1st-century BCE person Hasmonean ruler Jewish prince high priest

Aristobulus II was a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean prince and high priest who briefly ruled Judea amid a dynastic civil war that led to Roman intervention and the end of Jewish independence.

Aliases (1)

Aristobulus ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	1st-century BCE person → Hasmonean ruler → Jewish prince → high priest →
ally	Nabataean Kingdom (initially allied with Hyrcanus II against him) →
burialPlace	Unknown →
causeOf	Roman intervention in Judean politics →
child	Alexander (son of Aristobulus II) → Antigonus II Mattathias →
conflict	Hasmonean civil war → Judean civil war between Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II →
country	Judea →
dateOfBirth	circa 100 BCE →
dateOfDeath	49 BCE →
ethnicGroup	Jews →
event	Roman intervention in Judea (63 BCE) → Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE) →
father	Alexander Jannaeus →
floruit	mid-1st century BCE →
givenName	Aristobulus →
historicalSource	Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews → Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War →
impact	Beginning of Roman hegemony over Judea → End of independent Hasmonean rule →
languageSpoken	Aramaic → Hebrew →
memberOf	Hasmonean dynasty →
mother	Salome Alexandra →
notableWork	None (known primarily as political and religious leader) →
opponent	Antipater the Idumaean → Hyrcanus II → Pompey the Great →
placeOfBirth	Judea →
placeOfDeath	Rome →
positionHeld	High Priest of Judea → King of Judea →
predecessor	Salome Alexandra →
religion	Judaism →
sibling	Alexandra (Hasmonean princess) → Hyrcanus II → Unknown Hasmonean siblings →
significantEvent	Capture by the Romans → Deposition by Pompey the Great → Escape from Roman custody → Execution by poisoning → Paraded in Pompey’s triumph in Rome → Recapture by the Romans →
spouse	Unknown Hasmonean noblewoman →
successor	Hyrcanus II →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antigonus II Mattathias →	father
Aristobulus II ("Aristobulus") →	givenName
Hasmonean dynasty →	hasRuler