. "captured Jerusalem" . . . "Siege of Jerusalem" . "victorious over his rival in 37 BCE" . "Jerusalem was taken after a siege" . "took Jerusalem" . . "forty-day siege" . "6,000 cavalry" . . . . . . "Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)" . "Siege of Jerusalem (37 BC)" . "11Roman legions" . "Herodian dynasty" . "Auxiliaries" . "Hasmonean dynasty" . . "overthrows" . . . . . "Hasmonean Kingdom" . . "capture of Jerusalem" . "besieged Jerusalem" . . "Herod victorious, end of Hasmonean dynasty" . "siege of the city" . . . "Roman Republic" . . .