Gadara (Greek: Γάδαρα, romanized: Gádara), in some texts Gedaris, was an ancient Hellenistic city in what is now Jordan, for a long time member of the Decapolis city league, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
Its ruins are today located at Umm Qais, a small town in the Bani Kinanah Department and Irbid Governorate in Jordan, near its borders with Israel and Syria. It stood on a hill 378 metres (1,240 ft) above sea level overlooking the Yarmouk River gorge, with the Golan Heights and the Sea of Galilee well visible to the north and northwest.
This city is distinct from another contemporary one, Gadara or Gadora of Peraea, identified with the archaeological mound of Tell el-Jadur near Salt, Jordan.[1][2]
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^Rocca, Samuel (2015). Herod's Judaea: A Mediterranean State in the Classic World. Texts and Studies in Ancient Judaism / Texte Und Studien Zum Antiken Judentum, Volume 122 (reprint of 2008 Mohr Siebeck ed.). Wipf and Stock. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-4982-2454-3. ISSN 0721-8753. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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Battle of Gadara was fought between the Judaean Hasmoneans and the Arab Nabataeans around 93 BC in Gadara in modern-day Jordan. The battle came after...
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region is located in modern-day Jordan (Philadelphia, Gerasa, Pella and Gadara), Israel (Scythopolis and Hippos) and Syria (Raphana, Dion, Canatha and...
free dictionary. Gadarene (GAD-ə-reen) may refer to: Of or relating to Gadara, ancient city; ruins at Umm Qais in Jordan Miracle of the Gadarene swine...
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maximus connecting the west Iron Gate to the east Silver Gate. In Roman Gadara, present-day Umm Qais, in Jordan, the decumanus runs east–west for approximately...
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each of its anthologized poets to a flower. That Garland by Meléagros of Gadara formed the kernel for what has become known as the Greek Anthology. Florilegium...
regions mentioned by Pliny t. E. Jordan Philadelphia (Amman) Gerasa (Jerash) Gadara (Umm Qais) Region Ampeloessa/Capitolias (Beit Ras) Region Ampeloessa /Abila...
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