Episode S6 – Castle of the Slave

The Ancient World

Scott C.

History

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🗓️ 1 July 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Synopsis: Joseph and Hyrcanus of the Tobiad clan served as tax farmers in Coele Syria for nearly half a century, weathering the transition from Ptolemaic and Seleucid control along with the constant maelstrom of Jerusalem politics. “Hyrcanus determined not to return to Jerusalem any more, but seated himself beyond Jordan, and was at perpetual war with the Arabians, and slew many of them, and took many of them captives. He also erected a strong castle, and built it entirely of white stone to the very roof, and had animals of a prodigious magnitude engraven upon it…And he ruled over those parts for seven years, even all the time that Seleucus was king of Syria. But when he was dead, his brother Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, took the kingdom.” – Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, Book XII, Chapter 4 Map of the Decapolis region: https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map04.png Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:25.5	The strain of the taxes was obviously distressing,
1:32.3	but refusing to pay them was madness, especially without a backup plan.
1:38.6	Then again, the current high priest, Onaius II, wasn't known for his piercing insight.
1:45.6	And sure enough, before you could say King of Sedg and B,
1:49.4	Talbi's envoy came up to Jerusalem to get the lay of the land.
1:54.8	Coel Syria was Ptolemaic, at least for the previous 20 years, and Jerusalem was really little more
2:02.5	than a troublesome city in Syria, which is a view that Ptolemy's envoy, one Athenian,
2:09.8	took pains to reinforce. I mean, do you want Ptolemaic soldiers garrisoned in the city,
2:16.7	and maybe some lovely Hellenistic statues for the temple? Because Alexandria has plenty of
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