1 Jan 168 Jahr v. Chr. - Maccabean Revolt

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Antiochus IV Epiphanes converted
the temple into a shrine to the Greek god Zeus and installed his own candidate to the Jewish high priesthood.

Drawing on the growing dissatisfaction with Greek rule among the Jewish population, a group of rebels called the Maccabees started a revolt.

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