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Alexandrion or Alexandrium was a fortified castle
Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
 in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 on a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, likely named for Alexander Jannĉus (104-77 B.C.).

It is referred to in the histories of Pompey the Great's conquest of Judea. (Josephus, "Ant." xiii. 16, § 4): "When, in the year 64, Pompey marched past Pella and Scythopolis to Coreĉ, on the northern boundary of Judea, Aristobulus II
Aristobulus II

Aristobulus II was the Jewish Kohen Gadol and King of Judea, 66 BC to 63 BC, from the Hasmonean Dynasty....
 fell back on Alexandrium."("Ant." xiv, 3, § 4; "B.






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Alexandrion or Alexandrium was a fortified castle
Castle

A castle is a defensive structure seen as one of the main symbols of the Middle Ages. The term has a history of scholarly debate surrounding its exact meaning, but it is usually regarded as being distinct from the general terms fort or fortress in that it describes a residence of a monarch or noble and commands a specific defensive territor...
 in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 on a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, likely named for Alexander Jannĉus (104-77 B.C.).

It is referred to in the histories of Pompey the Great's conquest of Judea. (Josephus, "Ant." xiii. 16, § 4): "When, in the year 64, Pompey marched past Pella and Scythopolis to Coreĉ, on the northern boundary of Judea, Aristobulus II
Aristobulus II

Aristobulus II was the Jewish Kohen Gadol and King of Judea, 66 BC to 63 BC, from the Hasmonean Dynasty....
 fell back on Alexandrium."("Ant." xiv, 3, § 4; "B. J." i. 6, § 4).

It was destroyed and rebuilt under Herod the Great
Herod the Great

Herod , also known as Herod I or Herod the Great , was a Roman Empire client state of Israel. Herod is known for his colossal building projects in Jerusalem and other parts of the ancient world, including the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, sometimes referred to as Herod's Temple....
, only to be finally razed by Vespasian
Vespasian

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian , was a Roman Emperor who reigned from 69 A.D. until his death in 79 A.D. Vespasian was the founder of the short lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 A.D....
 or Titus
Titus

Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Titus , was a Roman Emperor who briefly reigned from 79 until his death in 81. Titus was the second emperor of the Flavian dynasty, which ruled the Roman Empire between 69 and 96, encompassing the reigns of Titus's father Vespasian , Titus himself and his younger brother Domitian ....
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Alexandrium is thought to be present-day Kfar Stuna or Karn Sartabe, on the border of the plain of Jordan
Jordan

Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is an Arab country in Southwest Asia spanning the southern part of the Syrian Desert down to the Gulf of Aqaba....
, north of Jericho
Jericho

Jericho is a city located near the Jordan River in the West Bank of the Palestinian territories. It is the capital of the Jericho Governorate, and has a population of over 20,000 Arabs....
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