1 Maccabees 8:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ When the Greeks made plans to attack and destroy them, ¹⁰ the Romans learned of the plans and sent a general to fight against them. The Romans killed many of the Greeks, took their wives and children captive, plundered their possessions, occupied their land, tore down their fortresses, and made them slaves, as they are today. ¹¹ They also destroyed or made slaves of other kingdoms, the islands, and everyone who had ever fought against them.