Excerpt from History of the People of Israel: Period of Jewish Independence and Judea Under Roman Rule WE have seen how Jonathan the Asmonean became a most important party leader in the State, without, however, Obtaining the outward marks of sover eignty. He would probably have received them had it not been for the snare into which he fell, and the captivity which before long ended his life. It was his brother Simon who attained, after thirty years of warfare, the end always kept in View by the ambition of the sons of Mattathiah. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.