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[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thedecapolis.png/409px-Thedecapolis.png Decapolis] (''Ten Cities'') was a confederation of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina. | [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thedecapolis.png/409px-Thedecapolis.png Decapolis] (''Ten Cities'') was a confederation of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina. | ||
==List of cities of the Decapolis== | ==Overview== | ||
The Decapolis was a confederation of Hellenistic cities, established by Pompey in 63 BCE. All of cities were located in Transjordan with the only exception of [[Scythopolis]]. | |||
The cities were given a semi-autonomous status, that ttey maintained during the Roman period. | |||
====List of cities of the Decapolis==== | |||
*1. [[Gerasa]] (Jerash, Jordan) | *1. [[Gerasa]] (Jerash, Jordan) | ||
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*Al Husn in Jordan | *Al Husn in Jordan | ||
== | ==The Decapolis in ancient sources== | ||
The Decapolis | |||
==The Decapolis in scholarship== | |||
==The Decapolis in fiction== | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Wikipedia] | |||
[[Category:Subjects]] | [[Category:Subjects]] | ||
[[Category:Places]] | [[Category:Places]] | ||
Revision as of 10:45, 28 September 2010
Decapolis (Ten Cities) was a confederation of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina.
Overview
The Decapolis was a confederation of Hellenistic cities, established by Pompey in 63 BCE. All of cities were located in Transjordan with the only exception of Scythopolis. The cities were given a semi-autonomous status, that ttey maintained during the Roman period.
List of cities of the Decapolis
- 1. Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan)
- 2. Scythopolis (Beth-Shean, Israel)
- 3. Hippos (Hippus or Sussita) in Israel
- 4. Gadara (Umm Qais, Jordan)
- 5. Pella (West of Irbid) in Jordan
- 6. Philadelphia (modern day Amman, Jordan)
- 7. Dion / Capitolias (Beit Ras, Jordan) in Jordan (Dion, Jordan)
- 8. Canatha (Qanawat, Syria)
- 9. Raphana (Jordan)
- 10. Damascus (Syria)
Other cities sometimes included are:
- Arabella (Irbid), in Jordan
- Arbila, in Jordan
- Al Husn in Jordan
The Decapolis in ancient sources
The Decapolis in scholarship
The Decapolis in fiction
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