Rome joined forces with the Maccabean Jews to bring down the Seleucid state (175 - 64 BC)

Abstract

The Seleucid state was established on the ruins of the empire of Alexander, and the founder of the Seleucid state, Seleucus I Nicator, and the state reached the height of its prosperity and expansion during the reigns of Seleucus  I, Antiochus III and Antiochus IV, and the emergence of Rome on the scene as a new and effective power in the Mediterranean region, and the conflicts between the Seleucid state and the Jews resulted in The Jews allied themselves with Rome and made treaties in order to eliminate the Seleucid state.