164 BCE |
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 | The Maccabees wage a successful campaign,
 | Superior Seleucid forces defeated - have to retreat and await
reinforcements from Antioch. |
| Meanwhile, Antiochus IV dies from wounds received in a battle in
Persia.
|
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| The Maccabees liberate Jerusalem and rededicate the Temple on 25th Kislev. |
| Hasmoneans rule Jerusalem
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|
 Gustav
Doré - The Death of Antiochus |
