It was Matityahu from the city of Modi'in, father of Yehuda the Macabi and his brothers.
139 BC
It is rebel,social religious,inner and outer enemies that causes it.
Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Judah lead a revolt in Judea which was nicknamed the maccabean war which translates into the hammer so he was called that.
You've combined two different periods. The Maccabees led a revolution against the Syrian-Greeks.
At the instigation of Hellenising Jews, the Syrian-Greeks outlawed several of the Torah-commands and imposed idolatrous sacrifices.
The Maccabean Revolt took place in Judea primarily due to the oppressive policies of the Seleucid Empire, particularly under King Antiochus IV, who imposed Hellenistic culture and religion on the Jewish population. This included the outlawing of Jewish practices and the desecration of the Temple in Jerusalem. In response, a group of Jewish rebels, led by the Maccabee family, rose up to restore their religious freedoms and reclaim their autonomy. The revolt ultimately resulted in the establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty and the rededication of the Temple, commemorated by the festival of Hanukkah.
The Tamblot revolt was caused by the need to resist the Spanish religious influences
The Maccabees regained control over the land from the Syrian Greeks and this was called the Hasmonean Kingdom. The Hasmoneans were overrun by the Roman armies nearly a century later.
The Ionian Revolt.
The Maccabees were the people who fought in the war against the Greeks in the Chanukkah story.
The majority of the persecution of the Jews by Antiochus Epiphanes took place in the area around Jerusalem. This persecution led directly to the Maccabean Revolt.