Antiochus Epiphanes and the Hasmonean Dynasty

There's an old priest named Matthias who has five sons, one of whom is the famous Judas Maccabees. Antiochus Epiphanes really does care that they do it because he's slowly inflicting asserting his authority as a living civic God over the people of Judea. They throw off the saluted overlords and they experience a period of independence. It's really interesting when you look at this hundred year kingdom from 164 to 64, maybe 63 BC.