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ARADUS ( Ἄραδος, ἡ; Ἀράδιοι, οἱ)

ERAN ALMAGOR

Jerusalem

A Phoenician city (Arwad) on an ISLAND bearing the same name, modern er‐Ruwad, opposite Tortosa (Tartus) and Marathus (Amrit) on the Syrian mainland (BA 68 A4; Strabo 16.2.13–14/C753–54). It is mentioned in the Amarna letters of the fourteenth century BCE and later in Assyrian and Babylonian texts (Akkad. Arwada, Heb. arvad: Ezekiel 27:8 and 11). Herodotus mentions the Aradians (7.98) in his CATALOGUE of XERXES’ invasion force, as the place of origin of MERBALUS son of AGBALUS, one of the most noteworthy sailors in the service of Xerxes. Aradus was taken by Alexander III of Macedon in 332 BCE (Arr. Anab. 2.13.7, 2.20.1; Curt. 4.1.5).