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    Batanaea or Batanea was an area often mentioned between the first century BC until the fourth century AD. It is often mixed with the biblical Bashan as...
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    over the northeast part of his father's kingdom: Iturea, Trachonitis, Batanaea, Gaulanitis, Auranitis, and Paneas. He ruled until his death in 34 CE....
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    and Galilee, as well as several regions east of the Jordan River—Perea, Batanaea, Auranitis, and Trachonitis. The first intervention of Rome in the region...
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  • (born c. 20 BC, ruled 4 BC–AD 34), tetrarch of Iturea, Trachonitis, and Batanaea Herod II or Herod Philip I (c. 27 BC–33 AD), father of the Salome in Mark...
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  • Iturea, Gaulanitis (Golan), Trachonitis (Lajat), Auranitis (Hauran), and Batanaea in the first century CE....
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    classical antiquity, in which the region was divided into four districts: Batanaea, Gaulanitis, Trachonitis and Auranitis. The Book of Numbers tells that...
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    Egypt, Aulus Avilius Flaccus, with Herod Agrippa, who was governor of Batanaea and Trachonitis, and was a personal friend. Flaccus had conspired against...
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  • extended south and southeast of Damascus as far as the borders of Galilaea, Batanaea, and Trachonitis. According to Flavius Josephus, Abilene was a separate...
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  • Artaxias III, Roman client king of Armenia (b. 13 BC) Philip the Tetrarch, Jewish ruler of Batanaea Stephen, Jewish martyr of Christianity (stoned to death)...
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    function of tetrarch. Philip was to receive Gaulanitis (the Golan Heights), Batanaea (southern Syria), Trachonitis and Auranitis (Hauran). Because of Judea's...
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    the Middle Ages in the towns of Fiq in the southern Golan and Nawa in Batanaea. For many centuries nomadic tribes lived together with the sedentary population...
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    Agrippa King of Batanaea r. 37–41 CE King of Judea r. 41–44 CE Aristobulus Tetrarch of Chalcis r. 57–92 CE Herod Agrippa II King of Batanaea r. 53–100 CE...
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    Regnal titles Vacant Title last held by Tetrarch Herod Philip II King of Batanaea AD 37 – 41 Vacant Title next held by King Herod Agrippa II Vacant Title...
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    Simon instead. 22 BCE – Augustus grants Herod the regions of Trachonitis, Batanaea, and Auranitis in the northeast. c. 20 BCE – Expansion starts on the Temple...
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    capital of Phoenice. Diocletian (r. 284–305) separated the district of Batanaea and gave it to Arabia, while sometime before 328, when it is mentioned...
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    Tetrarch of Chalcis 48–53 Vacant Title next held by Aristobulus of Chalcis Vacant Title last held by Herod Agrippa King of Batanaea 53–100 Title extinct...
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    the surroundings from Az (al) Sanamayn (west) until the Ard of Batanea (Batanaea Plain) in the east of it. el-Mushmije, Ezra, Khalkhale, Syria Paneas The...
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  • Trachonitis, and Batanaea under Rome (4 BC–34 AD) Salome I, client Toparch of Jabneh under Rome (4 BC–10 AD) Herod Agrippa I client King of Batanaea under Rome...
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    Porphyry was born in Tyre, however, other sources report that he was born in Batanaea, present-day Syria . His parents named him Malkos or Malchus (cf. Old Aramaic...
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    place. The second place may also refer to the more northerly territory of Batanaea. Al-Maghtas is the Arabic word for a site of immersion, and implicitly...
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    in the Gospel that it is situated in the neighbourhood of the region of Batanaea and Basanitis, Ebion's preaching originated here after they had moved to...
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    Iturea, Gaulanitis (Golan), Trachonitis (Lajat), Auranitis (Jebel Druze), and Batanaea in the first century CE....
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    their territories into the Phoenician coast, Aurinitis, Trachonitis and Batanaea, coming close to Damascus. In southern Palestine, the Idumaeans inhabited...
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    Aristobulus III, another Hasmonean descendent. 10 BCE Herod gains influence over Batanaea to the east. As exilic Jews in Babylonia traveled through the area when...
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    client king of Armenia (b. 13 BC) Philip the Tetrarch, Jewish ruler of Batanaea Stephen, Jewish martyr of Christianity (stoned to death) AD 35 Arsaces...
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    (mentioned incidentally to Ziph); one a Samaritan village: Tirzah (Thersila) in Batanaea; and two Christian settlements: Anaea and Jattir. The town Debir [sic]...
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    regarding its people. Diocletian (r. 284–305) separated the district of Batanaea and gave it to Arabia, while sometime before 328, when it is mentioned...
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    been associated with Bathyra, a village situated on the border between Batanaea and Trachonitis, where circa 7 BCE Herod established a Jewish Babylonian...
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  • and R. Pinchas. According to W. Bacher, he resided in Nave, a town in Batanaea. The Babylonian Talmud relates the following incident, probably based on...
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