Iturea is the Greek name of a region in the Land of Israel during the Hasmonean, Herodian and Roman periods. It is mentioned only once in the Christian Bible, while in historical sources the name of the people, the Itureans (Greek: Ἰτουραῖοι or Ἰτυραῖοι), occurs. The latter are first mentioned by Eupolemus – as one of the tribes conquered by David – and subsequently by Strabo, Pliny the Elder, Josephus, and others, and they designate Itureans as an Arabian (Nabatean) people. They were known to the Romans as a predatory people, and were appreciated by them for their great skill in archery. The Itureans were conquered by the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus and were forcefully converted to Judaism.