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After Alexander died, it was largely contested between the Ptolemaic empire of [[Egypt]] and the Seleucid empire of [[Syria]], until [[Judas the Maccabee]] led a successful revolt in 165 BC. Eventually, however, [[Pompey]] the Great, the Special High Commissioner in the Near East for the Senate of [[Rome]], made the kingdom a Roman province under the name ''Judea''. The region retained that name until AD 70, when the future Emperor [[Titus]] destroyed the city and the [[Temple of Jerusalem]].

After Alexander died, it was largely contested between the Ptolemaic empire of [[Egypt]] and the Seleucid empire of [[Syria]], until [[Judas the Maccabee]] led a successful revolt in 165 BC. Eventually, however, [[Pompey]] the Great, the Special High Commissioner in the Near East for the Senate of [[Rome]], made the kingdom a Roman province under the name ''Judea''. The region retained that name until AD 70, when the future Emperor [[Titus]] destroyed the city and the [[Temple of Jerusalem]].

In AD 135, [[Simon bar Kochva]] led an unsuccessful revolt against Emperor [[Hadrian]]. He then scattered the [[Judaism|Jews]] throughout the Roman empire (now in its farthest extent) and renamed the region ''Palaestina'', in an apparent evocation of the name of [[Philistia]]. The region continued to carry the name of Palaestina, or ''Palestine'', until 1948, when the present Republic of [[Israel]] established itself in a year-long war for independence.

In AD 135, [[Simon bar Kochva]] led an unsuccessful revolt against Emperor [[Hadrian]]. He then scattered the [[Judaism|Jews]] throughout the Roman empire (now in its farthest extent) and renamed the region ''Palaestina'', in an apparent evocation of the name of [[Philistia]]. The region continued to carry the name of Palaestina, or ''[[Palestine]]'', until 1948, when the present Republic of [[Israel]] established itself in a year-long war for independence.

== Synoptic King List==

== Synoptic King List==