AATAW is thrilled to present our second lecture of 2022, “Diplomacy and Security in the Ancient World: Hasmonean-Roman Relations,” presented by Louis Polcin!

Scholars have long been puzzled by the treaties between the Hasmonean Dynasty of
Judea during the second century BCE, and the Roman Republic, which ruled much of the
Western Mediterranean during the same period. The geographic, political, religious, and cultural differences between the two states, as well as the enormous power differential between them, has caused skepticism over their mutual cooperation. Yet placed within the larger geopolitical context of the ancient Mediterranean, these treaties become quite sensible. This study argues that Hasmonean-Roman relations illustrate the geopolitical strategies of each regime; while Rome sought to use the Hasmoneans as a buffer against their rivals, the Hasmoneans attempted to use the backing of Rome to intimidate both internal and external opponents. Far from victims of Rome manipulation, the Hasmoneans overdramatized the threat that their own enemies could pose to Rome, allowing them to obtain sweeping rhetorical concessions from the Roman Senate.

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