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[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Thedecapolis.png/409px-Thedecapolis.png Decapolis] (''Ten Cities'') was a league of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina. | |||
==List of cities of the Decapolis== | ==List of cities of the Decapolis== | ||
Revision as of 06:24, 28 September 2010
Decapolis (Ten Cities) was a league of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina.
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)
- 12. Damascus (Syria)
Other cities sometimes included are:
- Arabella (Irbid), in Jordan
- Al Husn in Jordan
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