40 BC · AM 3964 · Intertestamental

Parthians install Antigonus in Jerusalem

A Parthian invasion placed the Hasmonean Antigonus on Judea's throne and forced Herod to flee. Herod reached Rome, where the Senate answered by naming him king of Judea.

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