{"slug": "maccabees", "label": "Maccabees", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q400019", "qid": "Q400019", "description": "group of Jewish rebel warriors who took control of Judea", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-164, -142], "span_label": ["165 BCE", "143 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "jerusalem", "label": "Jerusalem", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seleucid", "label": "Seleucid", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "judea", "label": "Judea", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "jew", "label": "Jew", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "judas-maccabeus", "label": "Judas Maccabeus", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "damascus", "label": "Damascus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "demetrius-i-soter", "label": "Demetrius I Soter", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "galilee", "label": "Galilee", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hellenistic-civilization", "label": "Hellenistic civilization", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -164, "year_label": "165 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Mattathias, Jewish leader of the Maccabees", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1209983876#Deaths", "title": "165 BC", "revid": 1209983876, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": -161, "year_label": "162 BCE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "The Maccabees, under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus, continue their struggle against the Seleucids and persecute the Hellenising faction in Judea.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370480795#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "162 BC", "revid": 1370480795, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -160, "year_label": "161 BCE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Jewish High Priest Menelaus, who is supported by the Hellenist party, is removed from office and is executed. His successor is a moderate member of the Hellenic party, Alcimus. However, when Alcimus executes sixty Jews who are opposed to him, he finds himself in open conflict with the Maccabees. Alcimus flees from Jerusalem and goes to Damascus to ask the Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for help.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1311856799#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "161 BC", "revid": 1311856799, "section": "Events › by side › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Judas Maccabeus is succeeded as army commander and leader of the Maccabees by his younger brother, Jonathan Maccabeus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -159, "year_label": "160 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In response to the Jewish high priest, Alcimus', request for assistance, the Seleucid general Bacchides leads an army into Judea with the intent of reconquering this now independent kingdom. Bacchides rapidly marches through Judea after carrying out a massacre of the Assideans in Galilee. He quickly makes for Jerusalem, besieging the city and trapping Judas Maccabeus, the spiritual and military leader of the Maccabees, inside. However, Judas and many of his supporters manage to escape the siege.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266100355#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "160 BC", "revid": 1266100355, "section": "Events › By place › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -158, "year_label": "159 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "With the Seleucid victory in Judea over the Maccabees, Alcimus is re-established as the High Priest of Israel, and a strong force is left in Jerusalem to support him. However, he does not enjoy his triumph for long, as he dies soon after from a paralytic stroke.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1282394740#Seleucid_Empire", "title": "159 BC", "revid": 1282394740, "section": "Events › Greece › Seleucid Empire"}}, {"year": -142, "year_label": "143 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Jonathan Maccabaeus, Jewish leader of the Maccabees", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329135651#Deaths", "title": "143 BC", "revid": 1329135651, "section": "Deaths"}}]}