100
150
  1
0
 50
175
125
75
 25
THE HASMONEAN ERA
164
6 BC
JESUS
CHRIST
THE ROMAN ERA
Ptolemy V Epiphanes
180
204
Cleopatra I
176
145
Ptolemy VI
  Neos Philometor
187
Seleucus IV
Antiochus IV
164-2
175
Pompey
Conquers
Jerusalem for Rome
64
+
Herod the Great
40
4
Epiphanes
Ptolemy VII
116
Ptolemy VIII
101
Cleopatra II
Ptolemy IX
107
88
Ptolemy X
Ptolemy XI
80
80
Ptolemy XII
Antiochus V
Demetrius II
150
145-2
Alexander
Antiochus VI
138
Trypho
129
Antiochus VII
Temple
Desecrated
167
+
165
160
Judas Maccabeus
160
142
Jonathan Maccabeus
142
135
Simon Maccabeus
135
104
John Hyrcanus
104-3
Aristobulus
76
Alexander Jannaeus
76
67
Alexandra Salome
67-63
Aristobulus II
40
Hyrcanus II
40-37
Antigonus
Mattathias
168-66
Maccabean Revolt
Temple
Rededicated
164
+
Baruch
Judith
120
100
1 Maccabees
80
2 Maccabees
165
Final Form for Book of Daniel
180
Sirach
Tobit
200
Book of Wisdom
180
20-18
Temple
and
Mount
Built
Mary and Joseph
Betrothed
8
+
+
5
Paul is
Born