1 Maccabees 8:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ the Romans got wind of it and sent against them a single general.^[a] In the ensuing battle many of the Greeks were wounded and fell, and the Romans took captive their wives and children, tore down their strongholds, and enslaved them, a status that they endure even to the present day. ¹¹ All of the other kingdoms and islands that opposed them they destroyed and subjugated.

¹² However, with their friends and those who depended on them for protection, they maintained strong ties of friendship. They had subdued kings far and near, and all who heard of their reputation were terrified of them.