Ragaba
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Etymology
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Proper noun
Ragaba
- (Classical history) A fortress in the ancient Middle East that was besieged by Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra, probably a walled city on the Argob of Bashan (modern-day Lajat).
- 1828, Calvin Ellis Stowe (translator), Johann Jahn (author), History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, chapter xi, ยง 106, page 325:
- Alexander Janneus, having now subdued his enemies, was attacked by a quartan fever occasioned by excessive drinking, and of this disease he died, three years after, while engaged in the siege of Ragaba in Gerasena.
- 1828, Calvin Ellis Stowe (translator), Johann Jahn (author), History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, chapter xi, ยง 106, page 325:
Translations
fortress besieged by Alexander Jannaeus and Salome Alexandra
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