After the reigns of Jannaeus and his widow, Alexandra (76–67 B.C.), the Hasmonean dynasty came to a close with the intrigues and fighting of two sons. In the year 65 there was such a struggle for power between Aristobulus II and Hyrcanus II that the latter requested Rome to intervene. Rome happily obliged, thereby ending Jewish independence.53 When the Roman general Pompey ended the dispute between the two Hasmoneans in 64 B.C., Palestine came under Roman control. Eventually,