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Also known as Fort of Betthorus

thumb|right|Part of Betthorus, 2009

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The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.

It sits within the topics Archaeological sites in Jordan, Roman fortifications in Arabia Petraea and Roman legionary fortresses in Jordan.

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Instance of
castrum
Country
Jordan
Image
Betthorus - Lajjun (2).jpg
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Legionary Fortress Betthorus
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thumb|right|Part of Betthorus, 2009

Betthorus was a Roman legionary fortress on the Limes Arabicus. It is located in today's (from Legio), Karak Governorate, Jordan, north-east of Al-Karak. The place is in proximity to the spring, in a wadi of the same name, that flows into Wadi Mujib.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Betthorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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