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seleucid's ruled the area known as asia' ( babylon , syria , palestine , upper asia) from , when alexander the great 's empire was divided among his generals. antiochus iv's religious zeal for zeus , of whom he believed himself to be a 'manifestation,' resulted in the desecration of the jewish temple in jerusalem
discuss it with his council, whereupon the envoy drew a line in the sand round him. were he to step out of the circle, the envoy said, without having first undertaken to withdraw, he would be at war with rome. antiochus agreed to withdraw. in a spirit of revenge he organized an expedition against jerusalem...
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