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Israel. Jordan. Syria. 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. They formed a group because of their language, culture, religion, location, and political status, with each ...
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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 exact number varied over time, and at one ...
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The Décapole ( Dekapolis or German: Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. It was disbanded in 1679. In 1354 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg ratified the treaty uniting the towns of Haguenau, Colmar, Wissembourg, Turckheim, Obernai ...
Jan 4, 2022 · This fact probably accounts for the presence of a large herd of swine near Gadara when Jesus visited that region to heal the demon-possessed men (Matthew 8:30–33; Mark 5:1–17). Pigs were an unclean animal, and even touching them was forbidden by Jewish law. The Gentiles who owned the pigs obviously did not see Jewish law as binding on them.
May 23, 2018 · The series finale of ABC’s The Middle gives all the Heck kids their deserved happy endings — but not before one last family road trip. The hour-long sendoff finds the Hecks preparing for Axl ...
The Middle (stylized as the middle. ) is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from September 30, 2009, to May 22, 2018. The series, set in Indiana , follows a lower-middle-class family living and facing the day-to-day struggles of home life, work, and raising children.
Mar 16, 2024 · The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the town of Orson, Indiana. Release Date. September 30, 2009. Cast. Patricia ...
