Category:Decapolis (subject)

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Decapolis (Ten Cities) was a league of semi-autonomous Hellenistic cities in Roman Palestina.

List of cities of the Decapolis

  • 3. Hippos (Hippus or Sussita) in Israel
  • 5. Pella (West of Irbid) in Jordan
  • 7. Dion / Capitolias (Beit Ras, Jordan) in Jordan (Dion, Jordan)
  • 8. Canatha (Qanawat, Syria)
  • 9. Raphana (Jordan)

Other cities sometimes included are:

  • Arabella (Irbid), in Jordan
  • Al Husn in Jordan

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