A History of Israel: Volume II

by W O E Oesterley MA DD(Camb)
first published - Oxford University Press 1932
This Edition prepared for Katapi in Arial Unicode MS by Paul Ingram 2003.

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TABLES OF DATES

from	to	THE NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
625BC	604	Nabopolassar
604	562	Nebuchadrezzar II	[Nebuchadrezzar I was king of the ancient Babylonian empire during the second half of the twelfth century BC.]
562/1	560	Amel-Marduk
560	556	Nergal-Sharezer (Neriglissar)
556	554	Labashi-Marduk
554	553	Nabunaid (Nabonidus)
top		THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
538BC	529	Cyrus	[Cyrus was king of Anshan from 550/49.]
529	522	Cambyses
522	486	Darius I (Hystaspis)
485	465	Xerxes I
464	424	Artaxerxes I (Longimanus)
424/3	424/3	Xerxes II . (he reigned only a few months)
423	404	Darius II (Nothus)
404	359	Artaxerxes II (Mnemon)
359	338	Artaxerxes III (Ochus)
338	331	Darius III (Godomannus)
top		THE SELEUCID EMPIRE
311BC	281/0	Seleucus I (Nicator)
280	262/1	Antiochus I (Soter)
261/0	247/6	Antiochus II (Theos)
246/5	226/5	Seleucus II (Kallinikos)
225/4	223	Seleucus III (Keraunos)
223	187	Antiochus III (The Great)
187	175	Seleucus IV (Philopator)
175	163	Antiochus IV (Epiphanes)
163	262	Antiochus V (Eupator)
162	150	Demetrius I (Soter)
150	145	Alexander Balas
145	139/8	Demetrius II (Nicator)
145	142/1	Antiochus VI (Epiphanes)	[Tryphon usurped the throne 142/1-138 BC; see ch.xvii above.]
139/8	129	Antiochus VII (Euergetes, but nick-named Sidetes)
129	126/5	Demetrius II (Nicator)	[He was in the hands of the Parthians during 139/8?129 BC.]
125	96	Antiochus VIII (Grypos)	[During 125?121 BC his wife, Cleopatra Thea, reigned jointly with him.]
115	95	Antiochus IX (Kyzikenos)

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For the next twenty years there was the struggle for the remnants of the empire by claimants who can hardly be regarded as kings,
namely Seleucus VI (Epiphanes Nicator),
[There was a Seleucus V, son of Demetrius II,
but he had hardly assumed the diadem (126/5 BC) when he was assassinated.]
Antiochus X (Eusebes Philopator), Antiochus XI (Epiphanes Philadelphos), Philip I, Demetrius III (Theos Philopator Soter, nicknamed Eukairos), Antiochus (Dionysos Epiphanes Philopator Kallinikos).
Of these Seleucus VI, Antiochus XI, and Philip I were the sons of Antiochus VIII.

From 73-64 BCAntiochus I (Asiaticus) reigned in Antioch;
in the latter year Pompey put an end to the Seleucid Empire, or what remained of it.
Finally, in 56 BC a last nominal king arose, Philip II, but disappeared almost immediately.
[For details see Bevan, The House of Seleucus, ii.247-68.]
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THE PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE

from	to	Ptolemies	notes
305BC	283/2	Ptolemy I (Soter I)	[He was Satrap of Egypt from 323 to 305 BC.]
285	246	Ptolemy II (Philadelphus)	[He was associated with his father in the kingdom for two years before the latter died.]
246	221	Ptolemy III (Euergetes I)
221	203	Ptolemy IV (Philopator)
203	181/0	Ptolemy V (Epiphanes)
181/0	145	Ptolemy VI (Philometor)
145	116	Ptolemy VII (Euergetes II, Physcon)
116	108/7	Ptolemy VIII (Soter II, Lathyrus)	[He was driven out of Egypt by his mother, Cleopatra, in the year 108/7 BC, but returned in 88 BC.]
88	80	Ptolemy VIII (Soter II, Lathyrus)
108/7	88	Ptolemy IX (Alexander I)
80		Ptolemy X (Alexander II)
80	51	Ptolemy XI (Auletes)
51	48	Ptolemy and Cleopatra VII
47	44	Ptolemy I and Cleopatra VII
44	30	Ptolemy XIV (Caesar) and Cleopatra VII	[In this year Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire.]

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THE HASMONAEAN RULERS

from	to	Hasmonaean rulers	notes
166/5BC	160	Judas Maccabaeus
160/59	142/1	Jonathan (High-priest)
142/1	135/4	Simon (High-priest)
134/3	104/3	John Hyrcanus I (High-priest and king)
103/2		Aristobulus I (High-priest and king)
102/1	76/5	Alexander Jannaeus (High-priest and king)
75/4	67/6	Alexandra
75/4	66/5	Hyrcanus II (High-priest)
63	40	Hyrcanus II (High-priest)
66/5	63	Aristobulus II (High-priest and king)	[Aristobulus usurped both the High priesthood and the kingship until deposed by Pompey.]
40	37	Antigonus (High-priest and king)
37	AD4	Herod the Great	[The High priesthood was now separated from the kingship.]

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After Herod's death his kingdom was divided among his sons.

THE ROMAN PROCONSULS AND LEGATES OF SYRIA

from	to	Roman Proconsuls, Legates of Syria	[Schurer, op. cit. i.304-37.]
62	BC	M. Aemilius Scaurus
61	60	Marcius Philippus
59	58	Lentulus Marcellinus
57	55	A. Gabinius
54	53	M. Licinius Crassus
53	51	C. Cassius Longinus
50	49	Vejento
49	48	Q, Metellus Scipio
47	46	Sextus Caesar
46		Caecilius Bassus
45		C. Antistius Vetus
44		L. Statius Murcus
44	42	G. Cassius Longinus	[He held the office twice.]
41	40	Decidius Saxa	Administrators under the Pro-consulship of Mark Anthony
39	38	P. Ventidius	do
38	37	G. Socius	do
35		L. Munacius Plancus	do [During 36 BC Mark Antony was present in the East himself.]
33	31	L. Calpurnius Bibulus	(?)[See Schurer, op. cit., p.315.]
30		Q. Didius
29		M. Messala Corvinus
28	(?)	M. Tullius Cicero	[Ibid., i. 317.]
?	23	Varro
23	13	M. Agrippa
c. 10		M. Titius
9	6	C. Sentius Saturninus
6	4	P. Quintilius Varus
3	2 (?)	P. Sulpicius Quirinius	[Ibid., 322.]
1	AD 4 (?)	C. Caesar	[Ibid., 325.]
AD 4	5	L. Volusius Saturninus
6	(?)	P. Sulpicius Quirinius	[Ibid., 327.]
12	17	Q. Caecilius Creticus Silanus
17	19	Cn. Calpurnius Piso
19	21	Cn. Sextius Saturninus
?	32	L. Aelius Lamia⁴	[Ibid., 329 ff.]
32	35	L. Pomponius Flaccus⁵	[Ibid., 332 f.]
35	39	L. Vitellius
39	42	P. Petronius
42	44	C. Vibius Marsus
45	50	C. Cassius Longinus
50	60	C. Ummidius Quadratus
60	63	Cn. Domitius Corbulo
63	66	C. Cestius Callus
67	69	C. Licinius Mucianus

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THE PROCURATORS OF JUDAEA AFTER THE FALL OF JERUSALEM

from AD	to	Procurators of Judaea (The dates are mostly approximate)	notes [Ibid., 642-61.]
70	73	Sex. Vettulenus Cerialis	Circa
		Lucilius Bassus	Circa
80		M. Salvidenus	Circa
81		L. FIavius Silva	Circa
86		Cn. Pompeius Longinus	Circa
107		Atticus	Circa
after 107		Q. Pompeius Falco
114		Tiberianus	Circa
117		Lucius Quietus	Circa
132		Tineius Rufus
135		Julius Severus

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