ABSTRACT
Pompey’s great expedition to the east brought the Hasmonean kingdom to an end. Pompey reduced the borders of Judah to encompass Judah, Idumea, the Galilee, and the Jewish Perea. The Hellenistic cities of the coast, the Jordan Valley, Golan, and Samaria were liberated from Judean rule and reestablished as poleis. Aristobolus II was removed from his throne, and Hyrcanus II reinstated as ruler, but only as the High Priest, not as a king.1
