. "The Maccabees, also spelled Machabees (Hebrew: \u05DE\u05DB\u05D1\u05D9\u05DD or \u05DE\u05E7\u05D1\u05D9\u05DD\u200E, Maqabim; Latin: Machabi or Machado; Greek: \u039C\u03B1\u03BA\u03BA\u03B1\u03B2\u03B1\u1FD6\u03BF\u03B9, Makkabaioi), were the leaders of a Jewish rebel army that took control of Judea, which at the time had been a province of the Seleucid Empire. They founded the Hasmonean dynasty, which ruled from 164 BCE to 63 BCE."@en . . . . "0167Z"^^ . . "0002Z"^^ . . "The Holy Maccabees"@en .