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[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Herodium_from_above_2.jpg/800px-Herodium_from_above_2.jpg Herodium] (or Herodion) was a Herodian fortress.
 
==History==
 
The fortress and royal palace was built by [[Herod the Great]] to commemorate his victory against the Jews allied with the [[Parthians]]. The Herodium was also his burial site; [[Josephus]] describes the king's funeral procession and burial at Herodium, led by Herod's son [[Herod Archelaus]].
 
During the [[Jewish War]], the fortress was, with [[Machaerus]] and [[Masada]], one of the last strongholds of the rebels. It was conquered and destroyed in 71 CE by the Roman Legio X Fretensis under the command of [[Lucius Bassus]]. The fortress was reused by [[Bar Kokhba]] during the early 2nd-century uprising.
 
==Herodium in ancient sources==
 
*See [[Herodium (sources)]]
 
==Herodium in Scholarship==
 
The site was identified in the 19th century. Remains of the palace-fortress on the hilltop have been excavated by several expeditions since the early 1960s. Excavation of the buildings at the foot of the hill has been conducted intermittently since 1972 to the present time.
 
On May 8, 2007, Hebrew University professor [[Ehud Netzer]] announced the discovery of the remains of the tomb of Herod.
 
==Herodium in Fiction==
 
==Related categories==
 
==References==
 
*'''Fortresses and Palaces: Herodium'''  / [[Adam Marshak]] and [[Daniel C. Harlow]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), edited volume]], 649-650 
 
==External links==
 
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herodium Wikipedia]
* [http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Archaeology/Herodian1.html Jewish Virtual Library] / [http://www.bibleplaces.com/herodium.htm BiblePlaces.com]
 




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