Expansion of the Hasmonean Kingdom

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Chronology

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1. Conquest of Jonathan

Military campaigns of Hasmonean King Jonathan.

• January 146 BC: Conquests of Jonathan (Hasmonean Kingdom).

2. Conquests of Simon

Military campaigns of Hasmonean King Simon.

• January 138 BC: Conquests of Simon (Hasmonean Kingdom).

3. Conquests of Hyrcanus

Military campaigns of Hasmonean King Hyrcanus I.

• January 109 BC: Conquests of Hyrcanus (Hasmonean Kingdom).

4. Conquests of Aristobulus

Military campaigns of Hasmonean King Aristobulus.

• January 102 BC: Conquests of Aristobulus (Hasmonean Kingdom).

5. Conquests of Alexander Jannaeus

Military campaigns of Hasmonean King Alexander Jannaeus.

• January 95 BC: Conquests of Alexander Jannaeus (Hasmonean Kingdom) by 96 BC.

6. Battle of Gadara

Was a battle between the Hasmoneans and the Nabataeans in 93 BC.

• January 92 BC: The Hasmoneans lost the territories acquired in Transjordan during the 93 BC Battle of Gadara, where the Nabataeans ambushed Jannaeus and his forces in a hilly area. The Nabataeans saw the acquisitions as a threat to their interests, and used a large number of camels in the form of a bulldozer to push the Hasmonean forces into a deep valley where Jannaeus was "lucky to escape alive". Jannaeus returned to fierce Jewish opposition in Jerusalem after his defeat, and had to cede the acquired territories to the Nabataeans so that he could dissuade them from supporting his opponents in Judea.