Articles relating to the Decapolis (63 BC–AD 106), a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the southeastern Levant in the first centuries BC and AD. They formed a group because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state dependent on Rome. They are sometimes described as a league of cities, although some scholars believe that they were never formally organized as a political unit. The group consisted of the cities Canatha ( Qanawat), Damascus, Dium ( Capitolias), Gadara ( Umm Qais), Gerasa ( Jerash), Hippos, Pella, Philadelphia ( Amman), Raphana ( Abila), and Scythopolis ( Beit She'an).
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Decapolis"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
- 1st century BC in the Roman Republic
- 1st century BC in the Roman Empire
- 1st century in the Roman Empire
- 2nd century in the Roman Empire
- 10 (number)
- Jews and Judaism in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- New Testament cities
- Ptolemaic colonies
- Roman client kingdoms
- Roman towns and cities in Israel
- Roman towns and cities in Jordan
- Roman towns and cities in Syria
- Seleucid colonies
Articles relating to the Decapolis (63 BC–AD 106), a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the southeastern Levant in the first centuries BC and AD. They formed a group because of their language, culture, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state dependent on Rome. They are sometimes described as a league of cities, although some scholars believe that they were never formally organized as a political unit. The group consisted of the cities Canatha ( Qanawat), Damascus, Dium ( Capitolias), Gadara ( Umm Qais), Gerasa ( Jerash), Hippos, Pella, Philadelphia ( Amman), Raphana ( Abila), and Scythopolis ( Beit She'an).
Subcategories
This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Decapolis"
The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
- 1st century BC in the Roman Republic
- 1st century BC in the Roman Empire
- 1st century in the Roman Empire
- 2nd century in the Roman Empire
- 10 (number)
- Jews and Judaism in the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire
- New Testament cities
- Ptolemaic colonies
- Roman client kingdoms
- Roman towns and cities in Israel
- Roman towns and cities in Jordan
- Roman towns and cities in Syria
- Seleucid colonies