Its most important settlement was Amathus the seat of a local Sanhedrin in the days of Gabinius and the capital of a toparchy .
Amathus is a strong fortress from the hellenistic period that had been conquered by Alexander Jannai and had become a Jewish town of some importance .
Its most important settlement was Amathus , a strong fortress from the hellenistic period that had been conquered by Alexander Jannai and had become a Jewish town of some importance , the seat of a local Sanhedrin in the days of Gabinius and the capital of a toparchy .