Alexandreion
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thumb|Mount Sartaba, once topped by Alexandrium fortress
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- Ancient site.name
- Alexandrium
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Alexandreion, Sartaba
- Ancient site.image
- Sartaba3.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Wall at Alexandrium
- Ancient site.map_type
- West Bank # West Bank
- Ancient site.location
- Jericho Governorate, Judea & Samaria
- Ancient site.region
- Judea
- Ancient site.type
- Fortification
- Ancient site.builder
- Probably Alexander Jannaeus
- Ancient site.built
- 1st century BCE
- Ancient site.abandoned
- About 70 CE
- Ancient site.epochs
- Hellenistic to Roman Empire
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thumb|Mount Sartaba, once topped by Alexandrium fortress
Alexandreion (Greek), or Alexandrium (Latin), called Sartaba in the Mishna and Talmud and Qarn Sartaba in Arabic, was an ancient hilltop fortress constructed by the Hasmoneans between Scythopolis and Jerusalem on a pointy barren hill towering over the Jordan Valley from the west. It was likely named after Hasmonean king Alexander Jannæus (104–77 BCE).
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