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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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 ⓘ