When Antiochus said he would need time to consider the matter, Popilius drew a circle around him in the sand and replied, “Decide here.” Antiochus decided not to oppose Rome—which had just defeated Macedonia—and thus apparently vented his anger on Judea. Antiochus sent an official named Apollonius to enforce his designs. Apagan cult of the Greek deity, Zeus, was set up in the temple. Pigs were offered as sacrifices to Zeus on the altar once used for Yahweh. An idol of Zeus was actually erected in