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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Itureans canonical 3
Iturean people 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people
ancient people
activity mercenary service
raiding
warfare
conflictWith Hasmonean Kingdom
linked to: Hasmonean dynasty

Herodian rulers
linked to: Herodian dynasty

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
legacy toponym Iturea in New Testament sources
mentionedIn Josephus
linked to: Flavius Josephus

Roman military sources
Strabo
militaryRole auxiliaries in regional armies
neighboringPeople Jews
Nabataeans
linked to: Nabataean

Phoenicians
politicalStatus small principalities
tribal groups
primaryHabitat Anti-Lebanon mountains
Lebanon mountains
linked to: Lebanon Mountains

mountainous regions
region Lebanon
Levant
linked to: Levant region

Syria
religion local Semitic cults
paganism
reputation skilled archers
subjugatedBy Hasmonean ruler Alexander Jannaeus
linked to: Alexander Jannaeus

Hasmonean ruler Aristobulus I
linked to: Aristobulus I

Herod the Great
Roman Empire
territory Iturea
Trachonitis
parts of Coele-Syria
timePeriod Hellenistic period
Roman period

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Referenced by (4)

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

Hasmonean–Iturean conflicts hasParticipant Iturean people
linked to: Itureans
Iturea inhabitedBy Itureans
Iturea ethnonymDerivedFrom Itureans