Herodion,
Herodium or Herodion (Hebrew: הרודיון, Arabic: هيروديون, Jabal al-Fraidees) is a volcano-like hill with a truncated cone located 12 kilometres ( mi) south of Jerusalem. Herod the Great built a fortress and palace on the top of Herodium, and may have been buried there. Herodium is 758 meters (2,487 ft) above sea level. [1] [edit] Etymology It was known by the Crusaders as the "Mountain of Franks," but Arab inhabitants call it Jabal al-Fourdis or "Mountain of Paradise."[2] [edit] Josephus quote The Roman Jewish historian Josephus describes Herodium as follows: "This fortress, which is some sixty stadia[3] distant from Jerusalem, is naturally strong and very suitable for such a structure, for reasonably nearby is a hill, raised to a (greater) height by the hand of man and rounded off in the shape of a breast. At intervals it has round towers, and it has a steep ascent formed of two hundred steps of hewn stone. Within it are costly royal apartments made for security and for ornament at the same time. At the base of the hill there are pleasure grounds built in such a way as to be worth seeing, among other things because of the way in which water, which is lacking in that place, is brought in from a distance and at great expense. The surrounding plain was built up as a city second to none, with the hill serving as an acropolis for the other dwellings." (The Wars of the Jews I, 21, 10; Antiquities of the Jews XIV, chapter ) [edit] History Herodium was conquered and destroyed by the Romans in 71 CE, when Lucilius Bassus and his X Fretensis were on their way to Masada. At the beginning of the Bar Kokhba revolt, Simon bar Kokhba declared Herodium as his secondary headquarters. Archaeological evidence for the revolt was found all over the site, from the outside buildings to the water system under the mountain. Inside the water system, Herod (Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס, Hordos, Greek: Ἡρῴδης, Hērōdēs), also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (born 74 BC, died 4 BC in Je
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