Tarichaea

Not to be confused with Magdala.

Tarichaea (Greek: Ταριχαία, Tarichaia) is the Greek place name for a historic site of disputed location. It was situated along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, and mentioned in the writings of Josephus (Ant. 14.120; 20.159; The Jewish War 1.180; 2.252; Vita 32, et al.). Tarichaea was one of the first villages in Galilee to have sustained an attack by Rome, during the First Jewish-Roman War. The village (κώμη)[1] attracted to it the seditious from the outlying regions east of Galilee,[2] who mixed with the local townsfolk and who relied upon some 230[3] boats on the Sea of Galilee for protection in the event of an assault upon the village.[4] When the village was eventually overrun by the Roman army, the population surrendered.[5]

  1. ^ Josephus, in Wars 4:455, gives to the town the designation of "village" (κώμη), which perhaps should not be taken literally, based on the number of its inhabitants.
  2. ^ Josephus informs his readers that these came from Trachonitis, Gaulonitis, Hippos and the Gadarene district (Josephus, The Jewish War, IV, 7, New York 1980, p. 223).
  3. ^ Josephus, De Bello Judaico (The Jewish War), 2.21.8. (2.632)
  4. ^ Josephus (Wars 3.10.1)
  5. ^ Josephus (1980), IV, 7 (p. 223)