Aristobulus II

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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.

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Generate an image of Aristobulus II (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.)

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Aristobulus II canonical 16
Aristobulus 1

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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) ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean kingdom
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 ⓘ
linked to: Aristobulus II
historicalSource Flavius Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ
Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War ⓘ
linked to: Flavius Josephus
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 ⓘ
linked to: King of Judah
predecessor Salome Alexandra ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
sibling Alexandra (Hasmonean princess) ⓘ
linked to: Mariamne I

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 ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hasmonean dynasty → hasRuler → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Antigonus II Mattathias → father → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Aristobulus II → givenName → Aristobulus ⓘ
linked to: Aristobulus II
Hyrcanus II → sibling → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Hyrcanus II → predecessor → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Hyrcanus II → opponent → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Salome Alexandra → child → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Aristobulus III of Judea → grandfather → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Hasmonean civil war → mainBelligerent → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Antigonus II → father → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Mattathias Antigonus → father → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Shlomtzion → successor → Aristobulus II ⓘ
Shlomtzion → child → Aristobulus II ⓘ