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Judas had also heard how, when the Greeks planned an expedition to destroy the Romans, (1 Maccabees 8, 9)
the latter had got wind of it and, sending a single general against them, had fought a campaign in which they inflicted heavy casualties, carried their women and children away into captivity, pillaged their goods, subdued their country, tore down their fortresses and reduced them to a slavery lasting to the present day; (1 Maccabees 8, 10)
They had set up a senate, where three hundred and twenty councillors deliberated daily, constantly debating how best to regulate public affairs. (1 Maccabees 8, 15)
Having chosen Eupolemus son of John, of the family of Accos, and Jason son of Eleazar, Judas sent them to Rome to make a treaty of friendship and alliance with these people, (1 Maccabees 8, 17)
'Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, with the Jewish people, have sent us to you to conclude a treaty of alliance and peace with you, and to enrol ourselves as your allies and friends.' (1 Maccabees 8, 20)
Demetrius, hearing that Nicanor and his army had fallen in battle, sent Bacchides and Alcimus a second time into Judaea, and with them the right wing of his army. (1 Maccabees 9, 1)
Judas lay in camp at Elasa, with three thousand picked men. (1 Maccabees 9, 5)
With battle now inevitable, Judas realised that his army had melted away; he was aghast, for he had no time to rally them. (1 Maccabees 9, 7)
Judas retorted, 'That I should do such a thing as run away from them! If our time has come, at least let us die like men for our countrymen, and leave nothing to tarnish our reputation.' (1 Maccabees 9, 10)
Bacchides was on the right wing. The phalanx advanced from between the two squadrons, sounding the trumpets; the men on Judas' side also blew their trumpets, (1 Maccabees 9, 12)
Judas saw that Bacchides and the main strength of his army lay on the right; all the stout-hearted rallied to him, (1 Maccabees 9, 14)
But when the Syrians on the left wing saw that the right had been broken, they turned and followed hot on the heels of Judas and his men to take them in the rear. (1 Maccabees 9, 16)
