What happened to the Jews in 166 BC?

• Forced conversion 167–164 BC

  Antiochus IV outlaws Judaism

  The Seleucid king banned circumcision, Sabbath observance and Torah study, rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem to Zeus and ordered Jews to make pagan sacrifices on pain of death. The persecution provoked the Maccabean revolt.

  By

  King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Seleucid Empire)

  Where

  Judea, Israel and Palestinian territories

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