Difference between revisions of "Category:Gadara (subject)"
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadara Wikipedia] | ||
==Pictures from the Web== | |||
*[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Umm_Qais-14.jpg/800px-Umm_Qais-14.jpg Roman ruins] (from Wikipedia) | |||
*[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Umm_Qais-13.jpg/800px-Umm_Qais-13.jpg Byzantine Church terrace] (from Wikipedia) | |||
*[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Umm_Qais-20.jpg/800px-Umm_Qais-20.jpg Byzantine Church terrace] (from Wikipedia) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Gadara (now Umm Qais, Jordan) was ancient city in Transjordan, one of the poleis of the Decapolis.
Overview
Gadara was an ancient settlement since the 7th cent. BCE. The Ptolomeis and the Seleucids (after 218 BCE) had control of the area. In 63 BCE Pompey made Gadara one of the poleis of the Decapolis.
Under Seleucid and Roman rule Gadara became a center of Hellenistic culture. It was the hometown of the Cynic philosopher Menippus (3rd cent. BCE), the poet Meleager (1st cent. BCE), and the rhetorician Theodoros (14-37 CE). Gadara was also the resort of choice for Romans vacationing in the nearby Himmet Gader Springs.
Gadara reached its peak of prosperity in the 2nd century CE. The city still flourished in Christian times, before its decline with the Arab conquest.
Gadara in ancient sources
Gadara in scholarship
Gadara in fiction
External links
Pictures from the Web
- Roman ruins (from Wikipedia)
- Byzantine Church terrace (from Wikipedia)
- Byzantine Church terrace (from Wikipedia)
References
- Weber, Thomas Umm Qais – Gadara of the Decapolis Amman: Economic Press Co, 1989
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