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Article
Herod’s Desert Fortresses, Palaces or Prisons?
Author(s)
Barbara Mary Denise Bergin
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DOI:10.17265/2328-2177/2021.09.001
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Independent Researcher, Dublin, Ireland
ABSTRACT
Herod the Great inherited the desert fortresses which had been destroyed by the Romans when he became king of Judaea. He extended and remodelled them creating luxurious palace fortresses. They were provided with abundant water supplies and well stocked with food, but were these citadels palaces or prisons?
KEYWORDS
fortresses, innovation, architecture, water schemes
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