Gamla

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Gamla was an ancient Jewish stronghold on the Golan Heights, known for its dramatic siege and destruction by Roman forces during the First Jewish–Roman War.

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Label Occurrences
Gamla canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Jewish city ⓘ
ancient fortress ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedAfter Roman destruction in First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
attackedBy legions of Vespasian ⓘ
comparedTo Masada ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Jewish heroism and resistance ⓘ
currentStatus national park site ⓘ
destroyedBy Roman army ⓘ
destroyedIn First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
linked to: Jewish–Roman wars
etymology name derived from Hebrew word for camel (gamal) ⓘ
event Siege of Gamla ⓘ
linked to: siege of Gamla
excavatedBy Shmarya Guttman ⓘ
archaeological teams of the Israel Antiquities Authority ⓘ
excavatedFrom 1970s CE ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind arrowheads ⓘ
ballista stones ⓘ
coins from Jewish revolt period ⓘ
olive presses ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
ritual baths (mikvaot) ⓘ
hasDefensiveFeature city wall ⓘ
watchtowers ⓘ
hasFeature deep surrounding ravines ⓘ
narrow ridge access ⓘ
hasGeographicalFeature steep hill shaped like a camel’s hump ⓘ
hasLandscape basalt plateau and cliffs ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature Gamla waterfall ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding ancient synagogue ⓘ
hasType cliff-top settlement ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus on tentative lists and proposals for heritage recognition ⓘ
hasView Hula Valley ⓘ
knownFor destruction during the First Jewish–Roman War ⓘ
dramatic siege by Roman forces ⓘ
locatedIn Golan Heights ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Northern District of Israel ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Israel ⓘ
mentionedIn The Jewish War by Flavius Josephus ⓘ
overlooks Sea of Galilee region ⓘ
linked to: Galilee
partOf Gamla Nature Reserve ⓘ
Herodian Kingdom of Judea ⓘ
linked to: Herodian Kingdom

province of Judaea (Roman Empire) ⓘ
periodOfOccupation Early Roman period ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
roleInHistory center of Jewish resistance against Rome ⓘ
synagogueDate late Second Temple period ⓘ
timeOfDestruction circa 67 CE ⓘ
tourism open to visitors as an archaeological and nature site ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Kfar Gamla → hasNameElement → Gamla ⓘ
Siege of Gamla → location → Gamla ⓘ
subject linked to: siege of Gamla
Siege of Gamla → significantPlace → Gamla ⓘ
subject linked to: siege of Gamla