Category:Antipatris (subject)
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Antipatris (Pegai / Aphek) was a town in Judah.
Overview
The ancient Philistine and then Israelite town of Aphek was renamed Pegai ("springs") in Hellenistic times.
Herod the Great turned it into a town (Antipatris) in honor of his father Antipater.
The Acts of Apostles reports that Paul and his guards stopped for the night in fortified Antipatris on their way from Jerusalem to Caesarea Maritima.
During the Jewish War, the city remained in the hands of the Romans.
The city was destroyed in 363 CE by an earthquake. It was later used as a fort by the Crusaders, Arabs and Turks.
In Depth
- Antipatris (sources) -- survey of ancient sources
References
- Antipatris / Moshe Kochavi / In: The Anchor Bible Dictionary (1992 Freedman), dictionary, 1:272-274
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