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Bethlehem: Herodian Fortress

Bethlehem: Herodian Fortress


Herodion. Herod built this fortress some 6 kilometers south-east of Bethlehem around 20 B.C., apparently as a mausoleum for himself in the Judean Desert. The mountain was artificially extended to a height of 758 meters above sea level and built like the mouth of a volcano. According to Josephus Flavius, Herod was buried here in 4 B.C. and on the day he died hundreds of people were killed to make sure that it would be a day of mourning and sorrow. After the suppression of the Great Revolt against the Romans in 70 A.D. rebels who fled Jerusalem found refuge in Herodion until it fell to the Romans in 72 A.D.

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