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ANTONIA

Volume 2 · 115 words · 1797 Edition

a citadel of Jerusalem, the origin of which we have in Josephus; who says, that Hyrcanus, the first high-priest of that name, built Baris near the temple, a house with turrets, where he generally resided. sided. Herod afterwards made it stronger, for the security and defence of the temple; and in honour of Marc Antony, who then commanded in the east, called it Antonia. It was very extensive, and could accommodate a Roman legion: from it there was a full view of the temple.

(St.), a town of France, in Rouergue, in the diocese of Rhodez, whose fortifications are demolished. It is seated on the river Aveiro. E. Lon. o. 55. N. Lat. 44. 10.