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[[Category: | '''Raphia''' (modern ''Raphah'', Gaza Strip) was a city on the Mediterranean coast. | ||
==History== | |||
Raphia was a very old settlement, already recorded in Egyptian and Assyrian sources. It became famous in 217 BCE through the [[Battle of Raphia]] when [[Ptolemy IV Philopator]] defeated [[Antiochus the Great]]. In 193 BCE [[Ptolemy V Epiphanes]] married at Raphia [[Cleopatra]], daughter of [[Antiochus the Great]]. Raphia was then conquered at the beginning of the first century BCE by [[Alexander Jannaeus]] and included in the Hasmonean Kingdom, from which it was separated by the Roman conquest by [[Pompey]] in 63 BCE. [[Gabinius]] rebuilt the city, which would never return into Jewish possession. | |||
==Raphia in ancient sources== | |||
* See [[Raphia (sources)]] | |||
====Josephus, Jewish War==== | |||
====Josephus, Jewish Antiquities==== | |||
==Raphia in Scholarship== | |||
==Raphia in Fiction== | |||
==Related categories== | |||
==References== | |||
*Raphia / [[The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book]] / 2 (1979) 97-98 | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphia_(town) Wikipedia] | |||
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Latest revision as of 09:37, 28 July 2012
Raphia (modern Raphah, Gaza Strip) was a city on the Mediterranean coast.
History
Raphia was a very old settlement, already recorded in Egyptian and Assyrian sources. It became famous in 217 BCE through the Battle of Raphia when Ptolemy IV Philopator defeated Antiochus the Great. In 193 BCE Ptolemy V Epiphanes married at Raphia Cleopatra, daughter of Antiochus the Great. Raphia was then conquered at the beginning of the first century BCE by Alexander Jannaeus and included in the Hasmonean Kingdom, from which it was separated by the Roman conquest by Pompey in 63 BCE. Gabinius rebuilt the city, which would never return into Jewish possession.
Raphia in ancient sources
- See Raphia (sources)
Josephus, Jewish War
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
Raphia in Scholarship
Raphia in Fiction
Related categories
References
- Raphia / The History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ (1973-1987 Schurer / Vermes), book / 2 (1979) 97-98
External links
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