TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP and the dominance of Assyria

and the dominance of Assyria and Babylon

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Herod fled quickly from Masada to Rome

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TERRACOTTA OIL LAMP and the dominance of AssyriaBayt Nattif stood on the much traveled ancient road connecting Eleutheropolis (Beit Guvrin) with Jerusalem, about midway between the two towns. The city had been assigned the status of toparchy, one of eleven toparchies or prefectures in Judaea given certain administrative responsibilities, known in classical sources by the name Betholetepha. According to Josephus, the city was sacked under Vespasian and Titus, during the first Jewish uprising against