Antiochus Epiphanes
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175 – usurps throne from nephew
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Tries to unify empire via Hellenism
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Favors Hellenistic Jews; Jerusalem
refounded
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Deposes high priests
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Onias 3 for Jason
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Jason for Menelaus
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168 – defeated by Romans in Egypt
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Tries to destroy Judaism; rededicates temple
to Zeus