Category:Alexandrium (subject)

Alexandrium (see Places)

• Hasmonean Fortresses -- Herodian Fortresses

Overview

The Alexandrium was a Hasmonean and Herodian fortress.

The Alexandrium was one of the fortresses built by the Hasmoneans to secure the eastern border. Located at the peak of a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem in the northern part of the Jericho Valley, the fortress was named after King Alexander Jannaeus.

Destroyed by Gabinius in 57 BCE, it was the first major Hasmonean fortress to be restored by Herod the Great in 38 BCE.

Herod used the fortress as a residence and storehouse for royal treasure as well as state prison for members of the royal family, including Mariamne and her mother Alexandra in 30 BCE.

The Alexandrium was finally destroyed by the Romans during the Jewish War and then abandoned.

References

• Fortresses and Palaces: Alexandrion / Adam Marshak and Daniel C. Harlow / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary, 648

External links

• Alexandrium / Collective Authorship / In: Wikipedia (2001-), dictionary

• Alexandrium / Samuel Krauss / In: Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906 Singer), dictionary