Rob Sheridan was born in 1976.
Alexander -LRB- Gr .. Αλεξανδρος , died 48 or 47 BC -RRB- , or Alexander Maccabeus , was the eldest son of Aristobulus II , king of Judaea .. Aristobulus II. Aristobulus II. Judaea. Judea. He married his cousin Alexandra Maccabeus , daughter of his uncle , Hyrcanus II .. Alexandra Maccabeus. Alexandra Maccabeus. Hyrcanus II. Hyrcanus II. Hyrcanus. Hyrcanus II. Their grandfather was Alexander Jannaeus , the second eldest son of John Hyrcanus .. Alexander Jannaeus. Alexander Jannaeus. John Hyrcanus. John Hyrcanus. Hyrcanus. Hyrcanus II. Mariamne , the daughter of Alexander and Alexandra , was Herod the Great 's second wife and Hasmonean queen of the Jewish kingdom .. Mariamne. Mariamne ( second wife of Herod ). Herod the Great. Herod the Great. Hasmonean. Hasmonean. Alexander was taken prisoner , with his father and his brother Antigonus , by the Roman general Pompey , on the capture of Jerusalem in 63 BC , but escaped his captors as they were being conveyed to Rome .. Antigonus. Antigonus II Mattathias. Pompey. Pompey. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. In 57 BC , he appeared in Judaea , raised an army of 10,000 infantry and 1500 cavalry , and fortified Alexandrium and other strong posts .. Judaea. Judea. Alexandrium. Alexandrium. Alexander 's uncle Hyrcanus -LRB- with whom Alexander 's father Aristobulus had clashed -RRB- applied for aid to Gabinius , who brought a large army against Alexander , and sent Mark Antony with a body of troops in advance .. Hyrcanus. Hyrcanus II. Gabinius. Aulus Gabinius. Mark Antony. Mark Antony. In a battle fought near Jerusalem , Alexander was soundly defeated , and took refuge in the fortress of Alexandrium .. Jerusalem. Jerusalem. Alexandrium. Alexandrium. Through the mediation of his mother he was permitted to depart , on condition of surrendering all the fortresses still in his power .. In the following year , during the expedition of Gabinius into Egypt , Alexander again incited the Jews to revolt , and collected an army .. Gabinius. Aulus Gabinius. Egypt. Egypt. He massacred all the Romans who fell in his way , and besieged the rest , who had taken refuge on Mount Gerizim .. Mount Gerizim. Mount Gerizim. After rejecting the terms of peace which were offered to him by Gabinius , he was defeated near Mount Tabor with the loss of 10,000 men .. Gabinius. Aulus Gabinius. Mount Tabor. Mount Tabor. The spirit of his adherents , however , was not entirely crushed , for in 53 BC , on the death of Marcus Licinius Crassus , he again collected some forces , but was compelled to come to terms by Cassius in 52 BC .. Marcus Licinius Crassus. Marcus Licinius Crassus. Cassius. Gaius Cassius Longinus. In 49 BC , on the breaking out of the civil war , Julius Caesar set Alexander 's father Aristobulus II free , and sent him to Judaea to further his interests there .. Aristobulus II. Aristobulus II. Judaea. Judea. civil war. Caesar's Civil War. Julius Caesar. Julius Caesar. He was poisoned on the journey , and Alexander , who was preparing to support him , was seized at the command of Pompey , and beheaded at Antioch .. Pompey. Pompey. Antioch. Antioch