Acra (fortress)
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title:
Acra (fortress)
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The Acra, with the meaning of "stronghold", was a place in Jerusalem thought to have had a fortified compound built by Antiochus Epiphanes, ruler of the Seleucid Empire, following his sack of the city in 168 BCE. The name Acra was also used at a later time for a city quarter probably associated with the by-then destroyed fortress, known in his time to Josephus as both Acra and "the lower city". The fortress played a significant role in the events surrounding the Maccabean Revolt, which resulted
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Fortified place in Jerusalem in the 2nd century BCE
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acra_(fortress)
date created:
2006-09-06T10:03:14Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T08:19:15Z
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