Perea

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geographical region historical region

Perea was a region east of the Jordan River in the early 1st century CE, forming part of Herod Antipas’s tetrarchy within the broader territory of Roman-era Judea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
administrativelySubordinateTo Roman governor of Judea ⓘ
associatedWithEvent imprisonment of John the Baptist at Machaerus ⓘ
John the Baptist ⓘ
surface form: ministry of John the Baptist
associatedWithLanguage Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Judaism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
borderedBy Decapolis ⓘ
Jordan River ⓘ
Judea ⓘ
Nabataean kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Nabataea
correspondsRoughlyToModernArea western Jordan ⓘ
culturalInfluence Hellenistic ⓘ
Jewish ⓘ
governedAs tetrarchy ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Peraea ⓘ
Peræa ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
hasMajorTown Betharamphtha ⓘ
Livias ⓘ
Machaerus ⓘ
hasTerrain hilly ⓘ
steppe ⓘ
laterAdministrativeAssociation Roman province of Arabia Petraea ⓘ
locatedEastOf Jordan River ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Judea ⓘ
surface form: Roman province of Judea

Jordan ⓘ
surface form: Transjordan
locatedInTimePeriod early 1st century CE ⓘ
mentionedInSource Flavius Josephus ⓘ
mentionedInWork Antiquities of the Jews ⓘ
Josephus’s work "The Jewish War" ⓘ
surface form: The Jewish War
partOf Herod Antipas ⓘ
surface form: Herod Antipas’s tetrarchy

Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
Herodian Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Herodian Tetrarchy

Judea ⓘ
surface form: Roman Judea
preHerodianControlBy Hasmonean dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Hasmonean Kingdom
ruledBy Herod Antipas ⓘ
strategicImportance overlooked Dead Sea and routes to Nabataea ⓘ
timeOfIncorporationIntoRomanSystem 1st century BCE ⓘ
timeOfRuleOfHerodAntipas c. 4 BCE – 39 CE ⓘ
underSuzeraintyOf Roman Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Herodian → governed → Perea ⓘ
Machaerus → locatedIn → Perea ⓘ
Herodias → region → Perea ⓘ
Herod Agrippa I → ruled → Perea ⓘ