Alexander (VI)

VI. ALEXANDER, the Son of Theodorus, was sent to Rome by Hircanus, to renew his Alliance with the Senate.¹ His name is to be met with in the Decree of the Senate addressed to the Magistrates of Ephesus, and made in the Consulship of Dolabella; wherein it is declared, That the Jews shall not be forced into their service, because they cannot bear arms upon the Sabbath-day, nor have at all times such Provisions in their armies as are permitted by their Law.

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