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Harnni. The cntiro area of Antonia appears to Imvf been a qiiailraMfilc of about oIK) feet nortli anj south by ;{.")(! cast anil west, or four acres. Tlionirli reljuilt ami perhaps enlarjred by Herod, tlic
tliis eitailel liail existed much earlier. The liirnh belonging; to the Holy House (Neh. ii. 8) was probably a "fortress" aceordiniito the Aramaic and Asrather than a " palace." syrian ini'anirifjjof the word and the corner lowers, Hanani'el and .Mcah. ari' mentioned to th<' north of the Teniph' (Zeeh. .iv. 10, Neh. iii. 1. .ler. .x.i. 87). .loseplius ("U. .1." i. 3, t; 3) gives the name Baris to the fortress which preceded Antonia on this site; and in the .Mishnah (.Mill. i. 9; Tamid. i. 1 Zeb. .ii. 3) the liirah is noticed, w ith the passage leadiu,;; to the gate Taili on the iioiili
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Rll.SS OF
TMK AXTOXIA (troiii Sta<U.
xiii. II.
row
Holy House
Hasmomans
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uidi
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(.loseplius.
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S
rgrouud jiassage
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"as a
in which Arislolndtis
built in the foss after Hadrian's rebuilding of Jerulevel being some 40 feet higher than the bcjttom of the ditch, 'i'hus Antonia replaced u citadel guarding the Temple on the north, which existed even before the deslnictiou of.Iernsalem by Nebuehadne/.zar, and it had to l)e taken
salem— tlu' modern
by Titus before the Holy House could be attacked from the north. BiDLiooUAPnv 141, ir>l, 1.>1
(ii-ngraitlii): tltx Alteu Pdh'tnthui^ pp. Alt^ii, Die Antnttia unit Ihtx Cinytliuin/^ I. t( «<;.
Buhl,
Vim
In Zcit. IhiiUeh.
PaliM. Ver.
m
C. R. C.
ANTONIA
vir .Mark .Viiionv
The younger daughter of ami
sister-in
the trium-
law of Tiberius.
She
FORTIltISS, .iKiaSALbM.
was on friendiv terms with IJerenire (the dauglitor of Salome) ami also with her son, afterward King A<ilill'l'A I. When Agrippa had ilissipalcd his forlime al IJome and returned pemulcss to Judea. I'l-Irus, a freednian <•( Hirenici'. bei|Ueatlicd by lier to
ailvamed him
a
sum
of
money.
.VltlioULdi
iiar
.Viiloida,
was
promissory note was drawn for 'JO.IKMI Alliidniehmas, I'elrus gave him J.oOO less. lii-ing unablito pay his debt of 300.(K(0 silverliiigs to the liomaii
Tliis may be n-pre.sented by the rockcui pa.ssage leailhig from the dilcli norlhwesl of Atitonia. which now ends at the Haram Wall built by Hi'rod, and probably one<' communicaletl by steps Willi Ihe iiilerior of the Antonia eourlyard, soulll The ililch exof the great scarp above described. isted al Ihe lime of I'ompcys siege (" H. .1." i. 7, S 3). and was arlilieially <-ut through Ihe hill (v. 4. It was partially iilhd in by I'ompey (" Ant." §2). xiv. 4, S •'>• »" "' •'"' present day the street runs over llie "Twin Pools," which apiu'ur to hnvc been killed.
Antonia
" UMciiklilv l>r»rlK.">
This liirah wasfortilied by "Ant." xv. 11. S4)aml became the i)alace of John Hyrcaniis(" Ant." xvii. 4, The northwest corner tower .seems to have ^ li). iieen known, rather lati-r. as Siralo's Tower ("Ant," side of the the
Antoli
TIIK .lEWISlI EN'CYCLOPKDIA
Ihe
In-asury, Agrippa lUd from Jamnia lo Alexanilrin, where the alabanh, Ai.KXANDl.n. who w.as at the same lime Ihe guanli.in of Anionia's properly (Jo.seplius. " . t." xix. "(, ^ I ), supplic-d him w ilh money. Agrijipu then went |o Italy, and in order to appeasi' till' ani;er of 'I'iberius, borrowed Ihe sum of ;i00,tMMt silverlingsfrom . toiuaand paiil his debt to I hi' treasury. Soon after he also p:iiii the money back to Antonia. Uersoii, afterward i;inpenirC'laiidius(41-54),
