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- According to Pliny the Elder (Natural History 5.74), in the mid 1st century ce the 10 cities of the league were Scythopolis (modern Bet Sheʾan, Israel), Hippos, Gadara, Raphana, Dion (or Dium), Pella, Gerasa, Philadelphia (modern Amman, Jordan), Canatha, and Damascus (capital of modern Syria).
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The Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις, Dekápolis, 'Ten Cities') was a group of ten Greek Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Southern Levant in the first centuries BC and AD.
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According to Pliny the Elder ( Natural History 5.74), in the mid 1st century ce the 10 cities of the league were Scythopolis (modern Bet Sheʾan, Israel), Hippos, Gadara, Raphana, Dion (or Dium), Pella, Gerasa, Philadelphia (modern Amman, Jordan), Canatha, and Damascus (capital of modern Syria).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pliny the Elder provided one of the earliest accounts of Decapolis, listing cities that were part of this group and noting the fluctuating number which could extend to up to 14 cities. His documentation offers insights into the variable definitions and perceptions of Decapolis throughout antiquity.
May 8, 2018 · Decapolis in biblical times, a league of 10 ancient Greek cities formed in Palestine after the Roman conquest of 63 bc; the cities were Scythopolis, Hippos, Gadara, Raphana, Dion, Pella, Gerasa, Philadelphia, Canatha, and Damascus.
Oct 26, 2020 · The Decapolis (“ten cities”) was a group of Greco-Roman cities in the southern Levant, in today’s Jordan, Syria, and Israel (Bietenhard 1977; Isaac 1981; Hoffmann and Kerner 2002; Lichtenberger 2003). Several cities are attributed to the Decapolis, among them Damascus, Canatha, Dion, Adraa, Gadara, Hippos, Abila, Capitolias, Gerasa ...
- Achim Lichtenberger
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Feb 16, 2018 · The Decapolis cities, located to the east and northeast of the Jordan River and the Sea of Galilee, were a group of ten cities in the Roman period, which may have been semi-autonomous. The name is derived from the number and description in Greek: deca (ten) polis (city).
The Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις, Dekápolis, 'Ten Cities') was a group of ten Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Southern Levant in the first centuries BC and AD.
