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Categories: States and territories disestablished in the 2nd century, 60s BC establishments, New Testament cities, Coordinates on Wikidata, 1st century in the Roman Empire
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Decapolis  Decapolis cities  Dekapolis  Syrian Decapolis  the Decapolis
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The Decapolis 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. They formed a group because of their language, culture, religion, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state dependent on Rome. Wikipedia
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The Decapolis 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. They formed a group because of their language, culture, religion, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state dependent on Rome. Wikipedia
Group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Judea. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the southeastern Levant Wikidata
A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Jordan, Syria, and Palestine. Wiktionary
Ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Wiktionary (translation)
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historical region
New Testament places associated with Jesus
biblical place
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Dimash
Pella, Jordan
Qanawat
Gadara
Beit She'an
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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Paulys Realenzyklopädie der klassischen Altertumswissenschaft
Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus
Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
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Decapolis cities, Dekapolis, Syrian Decapolis, the Decapolis, the Decapolis cities

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