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HASMONEAN JEWISH 103 BC - 63 BC
This list covers the armies of the later Hasmonean rulers of Judaea who fought Seleucids, Ptolemaic Egypt, Nabataeans and each other. It continues the Maccabean list from the accession of the unpopular Alexander Yannai who was kept in power by Hellenistic mercenaries. It ends with the sack of Jerusalem by the Romans under Pompey. References: Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars D. Head, The Jewish War Josephus.