Rome and Judaea -- Routledge Studies in Ancient History -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- Introduction -- Notes -- 1 New Evidence: The Roman-Jewish Friendship Tablet -- The Controversy Over friendship for the Jews -- The New Evidence -- The Importance of Judas Maccabaeus in the Middle Ages -- The Site of the Church of San Basilio -- The Significance of Bronze Tablets for the Romans -- Modern Excavations -- Considerations for the Authenticity of the Bronze Tablet -- Notes -- 2 The Timing of the Embassy -- Notes -- 3 Early Roman Ties of International Friendship with Hellenistic Powers -- Roman Contact with Alexander the Great -- Roman Amicitia with Alexander the Molossian (Alexander I of Epirus) -- Amicitia Between Rome and Ptolemy II in 273 BCE -- Early Ties of Amicitia with the Seleucid Empire -- Apollonia -- Notes -- 4 Roman International Friendship -- The Reality of Völkerrecht (Roman International Law): Not Just a Label -- The Jewish Concept of friendship -- The Meaning of Friendship in Greek Diplomacy -- Terminology of Roman international Amicitia -- The Formation of Amicitia -- The Formation of Amicitia Through Appellatio -- The Formula Amicorum -- Bronze Tablet of Friendship -- Gifts of Golden Crowns and Golden Shields -- Conditions for the Formation of Amicitia -- Obligations of the Amicus -- Rome's Obligations to her Amici -- Renewal of Amicitia -- The Renunciation of International Friendship (Amicitiam Renuntiare) -- Notes -- 5 The Treaty Hypothesis Revisited -- The Roman State Treaty: The Foedus -- Foedus Aequum -- The Underpinnings of the Treaty Hypothesis -- A Comparison of the Text in 1 Macc. 8.23-32 with Extant Roman Treaties -- Does 1 Macc. 8.23-32 Represent a Genuine Senatorial Decree? -- The Multiple Translation Hypothesis -- Jewish Treaty Formation