Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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d by hisfailures in conflict with Egypt, resolved to break down religiousbarriers among his subjects, and, for this end, to exterminateJewish worship. In 168 b.c, he set up an altar to Jupiter inthe temple at Jerusalem, and even compelled Jewish prieststo immolate swine. Then the revolt broke out in which thefamily of Maccabees were the heroic leaders. Judas Maccabeusrecovered the temple, but fell in battle (160 b.c). Under hisbrother Simon victory was achieved, and the independence ofthe nation secured. The chief power remained in the handsof this family, the Asmonaean princes, until their degeneracypaved the way for Roman intervention under Pompeius. Hisadviser was the Idumaean, Antipater, a Jewish proselyte, whowas made procurator of Judea by Julius Caesar (47 b.c), andwhose son Herod was made king (39 b.c). MACEDONIAN ROYAL HOUSES 111 CO 0 o w >*o <o Q s ;—a S o3 O «a S.o -e o ;< -II 1 3 a <jw +3 d-^ c a^ <! •^ Ph s w <1 S.2 O 0) 3^ OS Mis 05 h1(1i (S 2 M £
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IV. ROME CHAPTER XVIII INTRODUCTION Place of Rome in History. — Rome is the bridge which unites,while it separates, the ancient and the modern workl. Thehistory of Rome is the narrative of the building up of a singlecity, whose dominion gradually spread until it comprised allthe countries about the Mediterranean, or what were then thecivilized nations. In this great empire was gathered up thesum total that remained of the religions, laws, customs, lan-guages, letters, arts, and sciences of all the nations of antiquitywhich had successively held sway or predominance. Underthe system of Roman government and Roman law they werecombined in one ordered community. It was out of the wreckof the ancient Roman Empire that the modern Europeannations were formed. Their likeness to one another, theirbond of fellowship, is due to the heritage of laws, customs,letters, religion, which they have received in common fromRome. The Inhabitants of Ancient Italy. — Until a late period inRoman history,

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