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HELLENISTIC PERIOD
Under Egypt (Ptolemies) Manasseh?
PERSIAN PERIOD
Johanan? Jaddua? Onias I? Simon I
(the Just)? Eleazar? Onias II?

Bigvai DIVISION OF ALEXANDER’S EMPIRE: Period of confused anarchy

(Bagoas)
Alexander IV

Alexander the Great

Philip
King of Philip Arrhidaeus
Macedonia Demetrius Poliorketes
Asia Minor, Phoenicia

(1) loses Asia Minor

and Phoenicia to Seleucus
Antigonus Antigonus Gonatus
Babylon, North Syria Macedonia
Ptolemy IV
Philapator

(2) Ptolemy I Soter Ptolemy II Ptolemy III Euergetes

Egypt Philadelphus
Egypt, Palestine

Antiochus II Antiochus III

Theos The Great

Seleucus I Nicator Seleucus II

takes Babylon Callinicus 
adds Syria Antiochus I
Soter Seleucus III
Ceraunos
Soter

(3) Cassander Macedonia taken over by Demetrius

Macedonia

(4) Lysimachus loses to Seleucus

Thrace, Bithynia
Artaxerxes III Darius III
Ochus Codomannus

ACHAEMENID KINGS OF PERSIA

Artaxerxes II Mnemon

Darius Arses
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Under Syria (Seleucids) Menelaus
Under Jewish rule (Hasmoneans) Aristobulus I ROMAN PERIOD
Herod the Great
Onias III Hyrcanus II
John Alexander
High Priest & Simon
Hyrcanus Jannaeus Ethnarch of
Simon II Jason Jonathon the Jews

Judas Simon Alexandra Hyrcanus II Antipater Jesus

Alcimus Antigonus Aristobulus III
Aristobulus II King & Ananel
(no high priest)
High Priest

Hillel
A.D. 10
Shammai

PHILO of Alexandria
A.D. 45

Egypt becomes
queen, Cleopatra III Cleopatra property of the
Cleopatra II Kokke Berenice Roman
Ptolemy IV queen, Cleopatra VII Emperor,
Philapator Cleopatra III under a
Ptolemy XI Philopator
prefect
Ptolemy V Ptolemy VIII Ptolemy X Neos Dionysius
Epiphanes Euergetes II Alexander I (Auletes)
child-king (Physcon) queen,
Cleopatra II Ptolemy IX Ptolemy XII
Ptolemy VI Ptolemy IX Ptolemy X Ptolemy XV
Philometor Lathyros Ptolemy XIII Caesarian
Cleopatra,
his mother
queen-regent
Demetrius II Demetrius II
Nicator Nicator
Alexander Seleucus V Antiochus XI
Balas
Seleucus IV Philip I
Philopator Antiochus V Seleucus VI Tigranes
King of Armenia
Antiochus III Antiochus VIII
Antiochus XIII Asiaticus
The Great Grypus
Antiochus IV Demetrius I SYRIA MADE
Epiphanes Soter A ROMAN PROVINCE
Philip II
Antiochus VI
Epiphanes Antiochus IX Antiochus X Eusebes
Cyzicenus Caecilius Bassus
Trypho Gabinius Cassius
Antiochus VIII Scaurus
Antiochus VII Sidetes & Cleopatra
Thea Antiochus XII Mark Antony
Alexander II Zabinas Crassus Marcus
Demetrius III
Eucarus Cassius
Sextus Caesar
OCTAVIAN AUGUSTUS
JULIUS CAESAR
FIRST TRIUMVIRATE
A.D. 14
SECOND TRIUMVIRATE
Antony
Octavian
Lepidus
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