Itureans

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The Itureans were an ancient Semitic people of the Levant, known from Hellenistic and Roman sources as inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Lebanon and Syria who were often involved in regional military and political conflicts.

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Label Occurrences
Itureans canonical 3
Iturean people 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people
ancient people
activity mercenary service
raiding
warfare
conflictWith Hasmonean Kingdom NERFINISHED
Herodian rulers NERFINISHED
Roman authorities
continent Asia
culturalInfluence Aramaic culture
Hellenistic culture
declinePeriod early Roman Imperial period
economy pastoralism
raiding and tribute
transhumant herding
ethnicity Semitic
integratedInto Herodian domains
Roman provincial system
knownFrom Hellenistic sources
Roman sources
languageFamily Semitic languages NERFINISHED
legacy toponym Iturea in New Testament sources
mentionedIn Josephus NERFINISHED
Roman military sources
Strabo NERFINISHED
militaryRole auxiliaries in regional armies
neighboringPeople Jews NERFINISHED
Nabataeans NERFINISHED
Phoenicians NERFINISHED
politicalStatus small principalities
tribal groups
primaryHabitat Anti-Lebanon mountains NERFINISHED
Lebanon mountains NERFINISHED
mountainous regions
region Lebanon NERFINISHED
Levant NERFINISHED
Syria NERFINISHED
religion local Semitic cults
paganism
reputation skilled archers
subjugatedBy Hasmonean ruler Alexander Jannaeus NERFINISHED
Hasmonean ruler Aristobulus I NERFINISHED
Herod the Great NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
territory Iturea NERFINISHED
Trachonitis NERFINISHED
parts of Coele-Syria
timePeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Roman period

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts hasParticipant Itureans
this entity surface form: Iturean people
Iturea inhabitedBy Itureans
Iturea ethnonymDerivedFrom Itureans