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ALEXANDER JANNAEUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 566 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALEXANDER JANNAEUS  , king of the Jews; succeeded his
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brother
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Aristobulus in 103 .B.C. and died in 76 B.C . His first act was the
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murder of one of his brothers who claimed the
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throne, and his reign was disgraced by the cruelties that he perpetrated in order to retain his position .

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