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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.
*DICTIONARY: see [[Decapolis]]
 
*ANCIENT SOURCES: see [[Decapolis (sources)]]
==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 semi-autonomous status, which they 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==
 
====[[Gospel of Mark]]====
Mark 5:20 -- ''And he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him, and everyone marveled.''
 
Mark 7:31 -- ''Then he returned from the region of Tyre and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, in the region of the Decapolis. ''
 
====[[Gospel of Matthew]]====
Matthew 4:25 -- ''And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.''
 
==The Decapolis in scholarship==
 
==The Decapolis in fiction==
 
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapolis Wikipedia]
 
==Select Bibliography (articles)==
*'''Decapolis''' / [[Arthur Segal]] / In: [[The Eerdmans Dictionary of Early Judaism (2010 Collins / Harlow), dictionary]], 528-530
 


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