Greco-Roman cities counted as part of the Decapolis. Except for Scythopolis, Damascus and Canatha, the Decapolis cities were by and large founded during...
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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...
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(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)...
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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:...
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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...
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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...
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Decapolis is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia, United States. "Feature Detail Report for: Decapolis (Madison County, Virginia)"...
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Pella, Jordan (category Decapolis)
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...
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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]...
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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...
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Gregory of Dekapolis (redirect from Gregory of Decapolis)
Saint Gregory of Dekapolis or Gregory Dekapolites (Greek: Όσιος Γρηγόριος ο Δεκαπολίτης; before 797 – 20 November 842 or earlier) was a 9th-century Byzantine...
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Hippos (Golan Heights) (category Decapolis)
in the Decapolis to a Declining Town", Qadmoniot 151, Jerusalem 2016, p. 2-17 (Hebrew). Eisenberg, Michael (editor). Hippos of the Decapolis and its...
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Umm Qais (category Decapolis)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Katakekaumene (section Decapolis)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Gadara (category Decapolis)
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...
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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...
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Beit She'an (category Decapolis)
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...
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shield Dathan, belonging to law David, beloved Debir, speaker Deborah, bee Decapolis Dedan, low, their friendship Dedanim Dekar, lance bearer, perforation...
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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...
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tableware forms, supplying markets across Galilee, the Golan Heights, the Decapolis, coastal areas, and the Beth Shean Valley. Josephus describes the Jewish...
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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;...
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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...
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Michael DelPrincipe – drums AJ LaTrace – lead guitar Adam T. Siska – bass Decapolis review NowOnTour review "The Academy Is... - The Academy | Punknews.org"...
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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...
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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...
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