Betar - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Betar - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Betar (), also spelled Beitar, Bethar or Bether, was an ancient Jewish town in the Judean Mountains. Continuously inhabited since the Iron Age,A. Oppenheimer, Between Rome and Babylon, 2005, 313-9 it was the last standing stronghold of the Bar Kokhba revolt, and was destroyed by the Imperial Roman Army under Hadrian in 135 CE.David Ussishkin, "Soundings in Betar, Bar-Kochba's Last Stronghold"D. Ussishkin, Archaeological Soundings at Betar, Bar-Kochba's Last Stronghold, Tel Aviv 20, 1993, pp. 66-97.K. Singer, Pottery of the Early Roman Period from Betar, Tel Aviv 20, 1993, pp. 98-103. Read more on Wikipedia
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