Jamnia (Yavneh)

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Jamnia / Yavneh (modern Yavneh, Israel) was a city close to the Mediterranean coast.

Overview

Similarly to Azotus, Jamnia was located close to the coast.

Little is known of the fate of the city in the early Second Temple Period. Judas attacked it, but the city did not fall in Jewish hands until the time of Alexander Jannaeus.

The city regained its autonomy under Pompey, together with the other coastal cities. Gabinius rebuilt it.

Jamnia was then apparently annexed to the kingdom of Herod the Great in 30 BCE, if after his death he could pass it to his sister Salome I. Inherited by Empress Livia, finally became a personal possession of Tiberius.

The city was predominantly Jewish with a significant Gentile presence. During the Jewish War, Vespasian established a garrison there.

After the war, Jamnia became a center of Rabbinic learning.

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