Greco-Roman cities counted as part of the Decapolis. Except for Scythopolis, Damascus and Canatha, the Decapolis cities were by and large founded during...

Look up Decapolis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Decapolis was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Judea...

(2 Samuel 17–19). The Decapolis is named from its ten cities enumerated by Pliny the Elder (23–79). What Pliny calls Decapolis, Ptolemy (c. 100–c. 170)...

Healing the deaf mute of Decapolis is one of the miracles of Jesus recorded in chapter 7 of the Gospel of Mark. Its narration offers many parallels with...

Abila, distinguished as Abila in the Decapolis (‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἄβιλα Δεκαπόλεως, Abila Dekapoleos), and also known for a time as Seleucia (‹See Tfd›Greek:...

The Isaurian Decapolis was a group of ten cities (Greek: Δεκάπολις) in ancient and medieval Isauria. According to the De Thematibus of the 10th-century...

Decapolis is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States. "Feature Detail Report for: Decapolis (Madison County, Virginia)"...

like-minded towns in the region a political and cultural league known as the "Decapolis",[dubious – discuss] an alliance that grew in stature and economic importance...

travel with Jesus, but he is refused and instructed to remain in the Decapolis region, to tell of "the great things the Lord has done ... and [how he]...

cities in Palestine and southern Syria, a level of autonomy by forming the Decapolis, a ten-city league. Jerash is one of the best preserved Roman cities in...

Saint Gregory of Dekapolis or Gregory Dekapolites (Greek: Όσιος Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης; before 797 – 20 November 842 or earlier) was a 9th-century Byzantine...

in the Decapolis to a Declining Town", Qadmoniot 151, Jerusalem 2016, p. 2-17 (Hebrew). Eisenberg, Michael (editor). Hippos of the Decapolis and its...

Gadara was rebuilt and became a member of the semi-autonomous Roman Decapolis. 33 years later Augustus attached it to the Jewish kingdom of his ally...

the Decapolis, who is healed by Jesus. He is the father of Telemachus. Telemachus (Kace Winfield) Telemachus is a boy from Abila in the Decapolis, who...

of Al-Maghtas, officially known as Qasr el-Yahud. Decapolis: The healing the deaf mute of Decapolis takes place in this area. Gerasa (also Gergesa or...

early Christians had been warned to flee to Pella in the region of the Decapolis across the Jordan River. The flight to Pella probably did not include...

mythological battle between Zeus and the giant Typhon. Cities of the ancient decapolis included: Satala in Lydia Maionia in Lydia Tabala in Lydia Bagis Silandos...

Heights) side of the Sea of Galilee located at some distance to the ancient Decapolis cities of Gadara and Gerasa. Today, it is identified with El-Koursi or...

Jerusalem Jesus' forty days in the desert Jesus in Samaria/Judea Jesus in the Decapolis Jesus receives the Holy Spirit Jesus preaches with power (the power of...

renamed Philadelphia and became one of the ten Greco-Roman cities of the Decapolis. Later, in the 7th century AD, the Rashidun Caliphate renamed the city...

Jewish rule of Gerasa came to an end. Pompey attached the city to the Decapolis, a league of Hellenistic cities that enjoyed considerable autonomy under...

initially include Galilee, Gaulanitis (today's Golan), nor Peraea or the Decapolis. Its revenue was of little importance to the Roman treasury, but it controlled...

shield Dathan, belonging to law David, beloved Debir, speaker Deborah, bee Decapolis Dedan, low, their friendship Dedanim Dekar, lance bearer, perforation...

Scythopolis gained imperial free status and was the leading city of the Decapolis. A multi-cultural metropolis under Byzantine rule, it served as the capital...

tableware forms, supplying markets across Galilee, the Golan Heights, the Decapolis, coastal areas, and the Beth Shean Valley. Josephus describes the Jewish...

to the Euphrates itself. The Decapolis was so called from its ten cities enumerated by Pliny. What Pliny calls Decapolis, Ptolemy makes his Cœle-Syria;...

Watercourse), was a Roman aqueduct supplying water for some of the cities of the Decapolis. It serviced Adraha (known today as Dera'a in Syria), Abila (at Wadi Queilebh...

Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see...

ruled by Hyrcanus, while its northern section was incorporated into the Decapolis, a league of semi-autonomous cities (see map). Both Judea and the League...

situated on the western side of the Jordan River, and southwest of the Decapolis. Perea was part of the kingdom of Herod the Great and his descendants...