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Anthedon was a Hellenistic city near Gaza .¹ Located between Gaza and Ascalon , the city served as port to the former. It was inhabited from the Mycenaean era to the early Byzantine age, but it was during the Hellenistic period that the port northwest of Gaza, populated by immigrants from Anthedon , Boeotia , became an independent city under the name Anthedon. As a Greek city, it had an agora and temples. The citizens' life was chiefly dedicated to fishing and shipbuilding. The city was governed by a Council of 500 members and had its own army commanded by a strategos . Anthedon is first mentioned by Flavius Josephus in Jewish Antiquities , dealing with the period when it was conquered by the Jewish leader Alexander Jannaeus and destroyed. In 64 BC it was liberated by Pompey and subsequently rebuilt by his successor Gabinius . Later on, Anthedon along with coastal Province Judea passed into the hands of Cleopatra and then to Augustus , who assigned it to Herod . The latter renamed the city Agrippias in honor of Agrippa , a Roman general and son-in-law to Octavian Augustus. During the " Jewish War " (66–70 AD), the religious faction of the Zealots attacked Anthedon, but the attack was successfully repelled and the city remained Hellenistic. The location of ancient Anthedon is inside the Gaza Strip, at a place with the Arabic name Tell Blakhiyah (2 kilometers north of the port of Gaza). It has been identified with Tida or Theda , a site near Beit Lahiya known from medieval Arab sources. Immediately to the north of it there is a hill still called Teda; the name seems to be a corruption of "Anthedon". Some parts of the city wall are still standing, and port structures are visible: they have been explored by a Franco-Palestinian archaeological expedition between 1995 and 2005, under the direction of Father Jean-Baptiste Humbert . Potsherds have also been found in sandy dunes. On April 2, 2012, the ancient city was listed as a tentative World Heritage Site by Palestine . In 2013, Hamas bulldozed part of it in order to build a "terrorist training camp". ( French ) JA 13.13.3 JA 14.5.3 JA 15.7.3 Études archéologiques des ruines d'Anthedon.²

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You may be looking for Anthedon (mythology) . Anthedon was also a Hellenistic city near Gaza and is a titular see of the Catholic Church.

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Anthedon ( ) was a Hellenistic city near Gaza . and former Roman Catholic bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.

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Hellenistic city near Gaza, Palestine For other uses, see Anthedon . Anthedon ( ) was a Hellenistic city near Gaza .

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Hellenistic city near Gaza For other uses, see Anthedon . Anthedon ( Ancient Greek : Ἀνθηδών , lit. ' Flower City ' ), also referred to as Al-Balakhiyya , was a Hellenistic city near Gaza . It was first mentioned by Josephus as a city conquered by Alexander Jannaeus alongside Raphia. Pompey removed it from Jewish rule during his conquest of Judaea. Gabinius re-founded and repopulated the city, and later, Augustus incorporated Anthedon into Herod's realm , along with other coastal cities. Herod renamed it Agrippias or Agrippeion in honor of Agrippa , but the name did not endure. Anthedon's status between Herod's death and the First Jewish–Roman War is uncertain, but it may have become imperial property, such as Iamnia . During the war, Jewish forces destroyed Anthedon along with Gaza and pillaged nearby villages, although it is possible that the city was not totally destroyed. Anthedon minted coins under Elagabalus and Severus Alexander , possibly also under Caracalla . Some suggest the city may have attained polis status during this period, but this remains speculative. In the 5th century, Sozomen described Anthedon as pagan and idolatrous . The town had bishops participating in church councils in Ephesus , Chalcedon and Jerusalem . Ancient Anthedon is identified with Khirbet Teda , an archaeological site near Beit Lahia , in the present-day Gaza Strip , where excavations uncovered evidence of habitation from the Iron Age to the Byzantine and Islamic periods, including Hellenistic houses, Roman structures, and Byzantine tombs, though detailed findings are yet to be published. Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land . Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Gaza (Report).

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