Summary: The Maccabean dynasty reaches a pinnacle of power, only to see it destroyed by its own incompetence; the Romans; and the genius of Antipater, and his son Herod (yes, that Herod).
Summary: The Maccabean dynasty reaches a pinnacle of power, only to see it destroyed by its own incompetence; the Romans; and the genius of Antipater, and his son Herod (yes, that Herod).