Athenodorus a philosopher, encounters a ghost in Athens. This popular story is one of the first of the poltergeist stories in history.
Parthians conquer Jerusalem. Hyrcanus II is removed from power, while Mattathias Antigonus becomes king of Judea under Parthian rule. Herod flees Jerusalem to Rome. There he is titled king of Judaea by Mark Antony.
Herod Archelaus,4 BCE to 6 CE, prutah, AE, 2.2g, 9/16" dia.,O: Bunch of grapes on vine with small leaf on left; above "Herod" in Greek R: Tall helmet with crest and cheek straps viewed from front, caduceus below, below "ethnarch" in Greek (Similar helmet on Seleucid Tryphon (142 to 138 BCE) coin.)
Herod Antipas, 4 BCE to 40 CE 4 BCE to 40 CE AE 19.
Herod Phillip, 4 BCE to 34 CE Herod Philip, 4 B.C.E.-34 C.E. Meshorer 5, AE 18.
This, however, was restored to him by Gaius Julius Cæsar, who made him ethnarch (47 BCE); but Hyrcanus left all authority in the hands of Antipater, who used it for the promotion of the interests of his own house.
Indeed, Hyrcanus' incapacity and weakness were so manifest that, while he was defending Herod (whom he had previously saved from the hands of the Sanhedrin) before Mark Antony, the latter stripped him of his nominal political authority and of his title of ethnarch, and bestowed them upon the accused.
By the help of the Parthians, Antigonus the Hasmonean, Aristobulus' son, was proclaimed king and high priest, and Hyrcanus was seized and carried to Babylonia, after being made permanently ineligible for the office of high priest by the loss of his ears (according to Josephus, Antigonus bit Hyrcanus' ears off).
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