▁ ▁While ▁the ▁de uter oc anon ▁describes ▁events ▁between ▁the ▁e ighth ▁and ▁second ▁centuries ▁B CE , ▁most ▁histor ically ▁ident ifiable ▁people ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁de uter oc anon ▁lived ▁around ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Mac c abe an ▁Revol t ▁( 1 6 7 – 1 6 0 ▁B CE ), ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁J ude a ▁had ▁become ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Sele uc id ▁Empire . ▁Co ins ▁featuring ▁the ▁names ▁of ▁r ul ers ▁had ▁become ▁w ides p read ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁ins cribed ▁with ▁the ▁year ▁number ▁in ▁the ▁Sele uc id ▁era , ▁allowing ▁them ▁to ▁be ▁dated ▁precisely . ▁First - hand ▁information ▁comes ▁also ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁historian ▁Poly b ius ▁( c . ▁ 2 0 0 ▁– ▁c .   1 1 8 ▁B CE ), ▁whose ▁Histor ies ▁covers ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁period ▁as ▁the ▁Books ▁of ▁Mac c abe es , ▁and ▁from ▁Greek ▁and ▁Bab yl onian ▁ins cri ptions . ▁ ▁{ | ▁class =" wik itable ▁sort able " ▁width =" 1 0 0 %" ▁| - ▁ ▁! ▁width ▁= ▁" 1 7 %" ▁scope = col ▁| ▁Name ▁! ▁width ▁= ▁" 1 3 %" ▁scope = col ▁| ▁Title ▁! ▁width ▁= ▁" 9 %" ▁scope = col ▁| ▁Date ▁( B CE ) ▁! ▁scope = col ▁class =" un sort able " ▁| ▁Att est ation ▁and ▁Notes ▁! ▁width ▁= ▁" 1 2 %" ▁scope =