THE ERA OF INSPIRED HISTORY ENDS ABOUT THIS TIME, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON IS FINISHED
THE ERA OF INSPIRED HISTORY ENDS ABOUT THIS TIME, AND THE OLD TESTAMENT CANON IS FINISHED
|B.C.|A.M.|
Darius Nothus dies, and is superseded by Artaxerxes Mnemon|405|3599|
Socrates, the Athenian philosopher, is condemned to death for refusing to honor the gods of Athens|400|3604|
Aristotle, the renowned philosopher born|384|3620|
Johanan succeeds to the high priesthood of the Jewish people|373|3631|
Alexander II, king of Macedon, is murdered|370|3634|
Johanan assassinates his brother Joshua in the temple, for which crime the nation is fined by the Persians|366|3638|
Alexander the Great born in Macedonia|356|3648|
Ochus, king of Persia, invades Egypt, and subjugates the whole country|350|3654|
Philip, king of Macedon, is slain, and his son, Alexander the Great, succeeds to the throne|336|3668|
He invades Asia, and obtains a victory over Darius|334|3670|
He conquers Asia Minor, and gains a decisive battle with Darius at Issus|333|3671|
He besieges Tyre, visits Jerusalem, conquers Egypt|332|3672|
He passes the Euphrates, obtains another victory over Darius, and destroys the Medo-Persian empire|331|3673|
The Greco-Macedonian empire, after a brief existence, is divided, on the death of Alexander|323|3681|
A Jewish colony formed at Alexandria, Egypt|320|3684|
Onias succeeds Jaddua in the high priesthood|321|3683|
The kingdom of Alexander the Great is divided between four of his principal generals: Lysimachus, Cassander, Ptolemy, and Selencus|301|3703|
Onias dies, and is succeeded in the priesthood by Simon, the Just|300|3704|
Cassander, who reigned over Macedonia and Greece, dies|298|3706|
Simon, the Just, dies, and is succeeded by Eleazar, his brother, in the high priesthood|292|3712|
Lysimachus adds to his dominions the kingdom of Macedon|286|3718|
Ptolemy Lagus resigns his throne to his son, Ptolemy Philadelphus, and soon after dies|284|3720|
Seleucus, having slain Lysimachus and seized his dominions, is himself slain by Ptolemy Ceraunus|280|3724|
Antiochus Soter succeeds his father, Seleucus, to the throne of Syria.|279|3725|
The Hebrew Scriptures, by the authority of Ptolemy Philadelphus, are translated into Greek, and have since been known as the Septuagint|277|3727|
Antiochus Soter dies, and is succeeded by Antiochus Theos|261|3743|
Manasseh, the high-priest, is succeeded by Onias II|250|3754|
Ptolemy Philadelphus is succeeded by his son, Ptolemy Euergetes|247|3757|
Antiochus recalls his wife, Laodice, whom he had divorced in order to marry Berenice, but she poisons him and Berenice, and places on the throne her son, Seleucus Callinicus|246|3758 |
Ptolemy revenges his sister's death by slaying Laodice|...|…|
Demetrius, son of Antigonus, succeeds to the Macedonian throne|243|3761|
Selencus, taken prisoner by the Parthians, dies, and is succeeded by his son, Seleucus Ceraunus|225|3779|
Regulus, the Roman, taken prisoner|246|3758|
Seleucus Ceraunus is poisoned, and his brother, Antiochus the Great, becomes his successor|223|3782|
Ptolemy Philopater succeeds to the throne of Egypt|221|3783|
The Temple of Janus shut about this time|…|…|
Antiochus, having vanquished the forces of Ptolemy, makes himself master of Phoenicia and Galilee|218|3786|
Onias II succeeds his father, Simon II as high priest|217|3787|
Ptolemy Philopater, having gained a victory over Antiochus, goes to Jerusalem, and attempts to enter the Holy of Holies|…|…|
He dies, and Ptolemy Epiphanes succeeds to his throne|204|3800|
Antiochus unites with the king of Macedon in a plan to divide between them the dominions of Ptolemy|203|3801|
The Egyptians seek the aid of Rome, and M. Emilius Lepidus is sent to Egypt as an ambassador|201|3803|
Hannibal encourages Antiochus to make war against the Romans|195|3809|
Simon II, the high priest dies, and Onias III succeeds him|…|…|
Antiochus marries his daughter Cleopatra, to Ptolemy Epiphanes, king of Egypt|193|3811|
His expedition against the Romans is a failure, and he is driven back by Lucins Scipio, the Roman general|190|3814|
Antiochus is slain, while attempting to rob a temple, and is succeeded by Seleucus Philopater|187|3817|
Ptolemy Epiphanes, being put to death, is succeeded by his young son, Philometer|180|3824|
Heliodorus attempts to rob the temple at Jerusalem, but is prevented by supernatural interposition|176|3828|
Antiochus, brother of Selencus Philopater, obtains the kingdom of Syria by strategy|175|3829|
Jason, by a bribe, procures the high priesthood, and thus causes the removal of his brother, Onias III|…|…|
Jason is supplanted in his office by Menelaus|172|3832|
Antiochus gains a great victory over the forces of Ptolemy, near Pelusium, in Egypt|171|3833|
He soon makes himself master of Egypt|170|3834|
Ptolemy Physcon is made king of Egypt|...|…|
Antiochus again invades Egypt, but is compelled to return by the Roman intervention|168|3836|
Enraged by this reverse, he sends Apollonius, one of his generals, to complete the destruction of Jerusalem|…|…|
He commences his persecution of the Jews on account of their religion; the temple is desecrated|…|…|
Mattathias and his sons take up arms against him|…|…|
The kingdom of Macedon is ended by the Roman power|...|…|
The Maccabean brothers suffer martyrdom|167|3837|
Judas, son of Mattathias, obtains splendid victories over the armies of Antiochus Epiphanes|166|3838|
He recovers Jerusalem, and restores the temple worship|165|3839|
Miserable death of Antiochus Epiphanes, and the succession of his son, Antiochus Eupator, to the throne|164|3840|
Demetrius Soter, son of Seleucus Philopator, escapes from Rome, kills Antiochus, and seizes on the throne|162|3842|
Demetrius Soter sends his general, Nicanor, against the Jews, who, with his army, was defeated by Judas|161|3843|
Judas is slain in battle with Bacchides, and is succeeded by Jonathan, his brother|…|…|
Jonathan is promoted by Balas to the high priesthood|153|3851|
The Hasmonean dynasty is established in Judea|…|…|
Demetrius Soter is slain in battle by Balas, who succeeds him to the throne of Syria|152|3852|
Balas, being slain, is succeeded by Demetrius-Nicator|145|3859|
Ptolemy Philometer dies, and is succeeded by his brother, Ptolemy Physcon|…|…|
Jonathan, after brilliant successes in war against Demetrius, is treacherously murdered|144|3860|
Simon, his brother, becomes his successor as the leader of the Jews.|…|…|
He secures a recognition of the independence of Judea, and a guarantee for the same from Rome|141|3863|
Carthage is destroyed by Scipio, the Roman|…|…|
Antiochus Sidetes is made king of Syria, Demetrius being held a prisoner by the Parthians|140|3864|
Simon and two sons are murdered by his son-in-law, Ptolemy, governor in Jericho, and is succeeded by his son, John Hyrcanus|135|3869|
Spain becomes a province of Rome|134|3870|
Tiberius Gracchus, a Roman tribune|…|…|
Hyrcanus, son of Simon Maccabens, being invested with the office of high-priest and general-in-chief, establishes his government firmly in Judea|135|3869|
Antiochus Gryphas conquers the usurper Zebina and ascends the throne|123|3881|
Ptolemy Physcon dies, leaving the kingdom of Egypt in the hands of his queen, Cleopatra|117|3887|
Aristobulus and Antigonus, sons of Hyrcanus, conquer and devastate Samaria|109|3895|
Aristobulus causes his brother, Antigonus, to be killed, and he takes possession of the government|…|…|
Aristobulus dies, and his brother, Alexander Janneus, succeeds to the government of Judea|106|3898|
Jugurtha, the Numidian king, defeated in a decisive battle with the Romans|…|…|
Rome distracted by the Social War, so called, which cost the lives of 300,000 men|91|3913 |
Commencement of the Mithridatii war|89|3915|
Sylla invested with the power of dictator|82|3922|
Janneus dies, and is succeeded by his wife, Alexandra, who makes her son, Hyrcanus, high-priest|79|3925|
Hyrcanus is dispossessed of his office by Aristobulus|70|3934|
Pompey assumes the command of the Roman army, and reduces Syria to a province|65|3939|
Ptolemy Auletes made king of Egypt|…|…|
Pompey supports the claims of Hyrcanus against Aristobulus, and makes Judea tributary|63|3941|
The conspiracy of Cataline, and its exposure by Cicero|…|…|
The first Roman triumvirate instituted|59|3945|
Ptolemy Auletes dies, and is succeeded by his daughter, Cleopatra, and his eldest son|51|3953|
Pompey conquered at the battle of Pharsalia, by Julius Caesar, and soon after is murdered|48|3956|
Antipater appointed by Caesar governor of Judea|47|3957|
Julius Caesar is murdered in the Roman Senate|44|3960|
Antipater is poisoned, and succeeded by Herod and Phasael|43|3961|
The Parthians gain possession of Jerusalem, and place Antigonus, son of Aristobulus, on the throne|40|3964|
Herod, making interest at Rome, is constituted king of Judea|…|…|
Herod takes Jerusalem by siege, and establishes his authority over Judea, which he retains 34 years|37|3964|
Octavius conquers Antony, and reduces Egypt to a Roman province|30|3974|
He assumes the name of Augustus Caesar, and becomes emperor of Rome|27|3977|
Herod begins to rebuild the temple|17|3987 |