Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hyrcanus II da Aristobulus II, jikokin Simon, sun zama 'yan wasa a cikin yakin da aka yi tsakanin Julius Caesar da Pompey Mai Girma. Mutuwar Pompey (48 KZ) da Kaisar (44 KZ), da kuma yaƙe-yaƙe na Roman da ke da alaƙa
na ɗan lokaci ya sassauta ikon Rome a kan masarautar Hasmonean, yana ba da damar sake tabbatar da ɗan gajeren lokaci na ikon cin gashin kai tare da goyon bayan Daular Parthian. Wannan 'yancin kai na ɗan gajeren lokaci da sauri ya rushe Romawa a ƙarƙashin Mark Antony da Octavian.