Decapolis

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Hellenistic cultural region group of cities historical region

Decapolis was a group of ten Hellenistic cities in the eastern Roman Empire, mainly in the Levant, known for their Greek culture and semi-autonomous status.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Decapolis canonical 7
Decapolis area 3
Decapolis city of Philadelphia 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic cultural region ⓘ
group of cities ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
approximateStart 1st century BCE ⓘ
country Roman Empire ⓘ
culture Greek culture ⓘ
Hellenistic culture ⓘ
declinePeriod late Roman period ⓘ
floruit 1st century CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
hasCity Canatha ⓘ
Capitolias ⓘ
Dium ⓘ
Gadara ⓘ
Gerasa ⓘ
Hippos ⓘ
Pella ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Raphana ⓘ
Scythopolis ⓘ
hasNumberOfCities 10 ⓘ
knownFor Hellenistic architecture ⓘ
Roman architecture ⓘ
baths ⓘ
colonnaded streets ⓘ
stadia ⓘ
temples ⓘ
theaters ⓘ
urbanization ⓘ
language Aramaic ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
locatedIn Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Syria Palaestina ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ
surface form: eastern Roman Empire
mentionedIn Gospel of Mark ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
partOf Roman province of Arabia Petraea ⓘ
surface form: Roman Arabia

Roman Syria ⓘ
politicalStatus semi-autonomous ⓘ
regionToday Israel ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Palestinian territories ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
religion Greco-Roman paganism ⓘ
religiousContext region visited by Jesus ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Perea → borderedBy → Decapolis ⓘ
Jerash → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roman Decapolis
Roman ruins of Jerash → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
Roman Theatre → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Roman Theatre (Amman)
this entity surface form: Decapolis city of Philadelphia
Antioch on the Orontes → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decapolis of the Eastern Mediterranean (informal cultural grouping)
Yarmouk River → historicalRegion → Decapolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decapolis area
Beit She'an → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
Julias → nearbyRegion → Decapolis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Decapolis area
southern Syria → historicalRegionOverlap → Decapolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Syria
this entity surface form: Decapolis area
Peraea → neighboringRegion → Decapolis ⓘ
Peræa → borderedBy → Decapolis ⓘ
Philadelphia → partOf → Decapolis ⓘ
subject surface form: Philadelphia (ancient Amman)
Augustan wars → hasLocation → Decapolis ⓘ