[1] It is believed to have been a Jewish military settlement stationed there to defend the area from raids originating from the west during the Roman period.
[1] In ancient times, Ein Targhuna's strategic frontier location made it an ideal site for a unit of military settlers.
[1] The name Ein Targhuna (locally pronounced Tarkhuna) may be derived from the Greek word ''Trachon,'' meaning "rocky place."
It resembles the Aramaic form of the Greek name Trachonitis, an ancient name for Lajat, a rocky region of Hauran in modern-day Syria, known in Targum Jonathan as ''Targuna.''
Around 7 BCE, Herod settled a Babylonian Jewish unit of horse-archers near Trachonitis, led by Zamaris, to keep the Trachonite brigand bands in check.