Decapolis

[dih-kap-uh-lis]

noun

a region in the NE part of ancient Palestine: confederacy of ten cities in the 1st century b.c.

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Historical Examples of decapolis

Seetzen identified it with Gadara, one of the minor towns of the Decapolis.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers
Jules Verne
This city is placed among those of the Decapolis, in Matthew, vii.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. I of II)
Charles Bucke
It is not to be confounded with the Philadelphia of the Decapolis in Palestine.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
These cities of the Decapolis appear to have been built on a similar plan.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton
Scythopolis was the only one of the cities of the Decapolis west of the Jordan.
Archology and the Bible
George A. Barton

British Dictionary definitions for decapolis

Decapolis

noun

a league of ten cities, including Damascus, in the northeast of ancient Palestine: established in 63 bc by Pompey and governed by Rome

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