- 152 BC
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Events
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eleucid Empire
* The
pretender to theSeleucid throne,Alexander Balas , makes contact withJonathan Maccabeus offering him terms even more favorable than those offered by the kingDemetrius I Soter . In particular, Alexander offers him the official appointment as High Priest inJerusalem . In response, Jonathan withdraws his support from Demetrius and declares his allegiance to Alexander. Thus Jonathan becomes the first member of his family to achieve appointment as High Priest.Births
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* Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, Roman statesman,
consul ,Pontifex Maximus and censor; as apraetor , he has been governor ofSicily in191 BC
*Marcus Porcius Cato Licinianus , Romanjurist , son ofCato the Elder by his first wife, Licinia
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