Tarichaea (based on Albright) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tarichaea (based on Albright) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tarichaea (, Tarichaia) is the Greek place name for a historic site of disputed location. It was situated along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and mentioned in the writings of Josephus (Ant. 14.120; 20.159; The Jewish War 1.180; 2.252; Vita 32, et al.). Tarichaea was one of the first villages in Galilee to have sustained an attack by Rome, during the First Jewish-Roman War. The village (κώμη)Josephus, in Wars 4:455, gives to the town the designation of "village" (κώμη), which perhaps should not be taken literally, based on the number of its inhabitants. attracted to it the seditious from the outlying regions east of Galilee,Josephus informs his readers that these came from Trachonitis, Gaulonitis, Hippos and the Gadarene district (Josephus, The Jewish War, IV, 7, New York 1980, p. 223). who mixed with the local townsfolk and who relied upon some 230Josephus, De Bello Judaico (The Jewish War), 2.21.8. (2.632) boats on the Sea of Galilee for protection in the event of an assault upon the village.Josephus (Wars 3.10.1) When the village was eventually overrun by the Roman army, the population surrendered.Josephus (1980), IV, 7 (p. 223) Read more on Wikipedia
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