Chapter 4 - Queen Salome Alexandra

Years covered: 104 - 67 BCMarrying into the royal family is no prize, when your husband kills his own mother, and jails his siblings. Queen Salome lives in a world of deceit, and has to navigate it, alone. Meanwhile the great Seleucid Empire is in its dying days, with the War of the Antiochi ending with a whole bunch of new claimants.Cast Of CharactersThe Jews:Queen SalomeKing Aristobulus xKing Alexander Janneus xJohn Hyrcanus' wife and mother to Aristobulus xAntigonus, Son of John Hyrcanus xAbsalom, son of John Hyrcanus xUnnamed son of John HyrcanusShimon Ben Shetach ?Hyrcanus, son of Alexander JanneusAristobulus, son of Alexander JanneusChelkias xAnanaisThe Greeks:Antiochus VIII Callinicus xAntiochus IX Grypus xCleopatra III xPtolemy IX xPtolemy X xZoilus, warlord of Dor ?Heracleon xSeleucus VI Epiphanes xDemetrius III Eucares xAntiochus X Eusebeus xPhilip I Philadelphus xCleopatra Selene xOthers:Theodorus son of Zeno xKing Tigranes II of ArmeniaSources:Antiquities of the Jews - JosephusTractate Sotah 22b - Babylonian TalmudTractate Sukkot 48b - The Babylonian TalmudTractate Berkhot 48a - The Babylonian Talmud Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.