Siege of Jerusalem | |||||||
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Part of Hasmonean Civil War and Third Mithridatic War | |||||||
Pompey in the Temple of Jerusalem, Jean Fouquet 1470-1475 | |||||||
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Roman Republic | Hasmonean Kingdom | ||||||
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Pompey Faustus Cornelius Sulla | Aristobulus II | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Few | 12,000 |
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Jerusalem |
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The siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns in the East, shortly after his successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War. Pompey had been asked to intervene in a dispute over inheritance to the throne of the Hasmonean Kingdom, which turned into a war between Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. His conquest of Jerusalem, however, spelled the end of Jewish independence and the incorporation of Judea as a client kingdom of the Roman Republic.