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Term: Machærus

Site of fortified village originally built by the Hasmonean king, Alexander Jannaeus ca. 90 BCE; destroyed by Pompey in 57 BCE; rebuilt by Herod the Great; in the Bible, location where John the Baptist was beheaded.

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Palestinian, about 1-10 BCE - about 23-36 CE