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Headword:
Ailia
Adler number: alphaiota,177
Translated headword: Ailia, Aelia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Greek Original:Ailia: onoma poleôs. hê Hierousalêm.
Note:
Jerusalem, sacked and destroyed after its revolt in 70 CE, was refounded as a military colony (called Aelia Capitolina) by the emperor Hadrian; cf.
beta 200.
Reference:
OCD(4) pp.772-3 (Jerusalem)
Keywords: biography; definition; geography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 22 October 2000@09:27:58.
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