Alexandrium
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Alexandrium was a fortified castle in the West Bank on a mountain between Scythopolis and Jerusalem, likely named for Alexander Jannæus (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 Coreæ, on the northern boundary of Judea, Aristobulus II fell back on Alexandrium."("Ant." xiv, 3, § 4; "B. J." i. 6, § 4).
It was destroyed and rebuilt under Herod the Great, only to be finally razed by Vespasian or Titus.
Alexandrium is thought to be present-day Kfar Stuna or Karn Sartabe, on the border of the plain of Jordan, north of Jericho.
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