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*'''Fortresses and Palaces: Alexandrion''' / [[Adam Marshak]] and [[Daniel C. Harlow]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 648 | *'''Fortresses and Palaces: Alexandrion''' / [[Adam Marshak]] and [[Daniel C. Harlow]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 648 | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrium Alexandrium] / In: Wikipedia. | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandrium Alexandrium] / In: [[Wikipedia]]. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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The Alexandrium was a Hasmonean and Herodian fortress.
Hasmonean Fortresses / Herodian Fortresses
Overview
The Alexandrium was one of the fortresses built by the Hasmoneans to secure the eastern border.
It was the first major Hasmonean fortress to be restored by Herod the Great in 38 BCE.
Herod used the fortress as state prison for members of the royal family, including Mariamne and her mother Alexandra in 30 BCE.
Related categories
Dictionaries
- Fortresses and Palaces: Alexandrion / Adam Marshak and Daniel C. Harlow / In: The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume, 648
- Alexandrium / In: Wikipedia.
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