FASCINATION FOR JUDAS MACCABEUS
Judas Maccabeus got Rome to recognize Jewish sovereignty in the 2nd century BC, with a skill and stubbornness without any equivalence at that time. He defeated the Seleucids, heirs of a part of Alexander the Great’s empire.
The irradiation of the deeds of Judas Maccabeus were immense in the following centuries. Even centuries later, Rubens painted Judas Maccabeus and Haendel dedicated an oratory to him.
Judas Maccabeu: one of the great myths of history.
https://www.elnacional.cat/lallanca/ca/actualitat/fascinacio-judes-macabeu_191739_102.html
The defeated, the Seleucids, heirs of the empire of Alexander the Great.
https://www.enciclopedia.cat/gran-enciclopedia-catalana/seleucida