Decapolis

• The Decapolis were ten cities of Greek and Roman culture, located in Roman Judaea, Syria and Arabia.
• They differed from their neighboring cities which were of Aramaic, Nabatean or Jewish culture.

Description

• The Decapolis was not a union or League, but the cities were interconnected by a Road network and eventually all had their centres rebuilt on the Roman grid system with Temples and Public Buildings.
  1. Jerash or Gerasa (Jordan)
  2. Scythopolis (Israel)
  3. Hippos (Israel)
  4. Gadara (Jordan)
  5. Pella (Jordan)
  6. Amman (Philadelphia), (Jordan)
  7. Capitolias (Jordan)
  8. Canatha (Syria)
  9. Raphanae (Jordan)
  10. Damascus (Syria)

Gerasa (Jerash), Jordan