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Decapolis (dēkăp`əlĭs) [Gr.,=ten cities], confederacy of 10 ancient cities, all E of the Jordan, except Scythopolis. The others were (according to Pliny) Dion, Pella, Gadara, Hippos, Gerasa, Philadelphia, Damascus, Raphana, and Kanatha. The league was constituted after Pompey's campaign (65 B.C.–62 B.C.) as a protection against the Jews and the Arabian tribes and as a customs union. The Roman governor of Syria exercised general supervision of its affairs, and the cities belonging to the league were liable to Roman military service and taxation. DecapolisLeague of 10 ancient Greek cities, including Damascus, in eastern Palestine. It was formed after the Roman conquest in 63 BC for mutual protection against their Semitic neighbors. The name also denotes the roughly contiguous territory formed by these cities, all but one of which lay east of the Jordan River. Subject to the Roman governor of Syria, the league survived until the 2nd century AD. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In both cases, Luke is clearly stating that among the signs of the arrival of Christ's gospel in a new place (whether the gentile Decapolis or Europe) is first the confession and then the expulsion of powers that enslave the possessed. The early Christian community that had taken refuge in Pella, a city of the Decapolis beyond the northern border of Israel, in AD 66 (before the first Jewish revolt against the Romans) would certainly have returned to the place from which the first community had arisen, and which was the traditional "seat" of St. 25) And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. |
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