Decapolis

[ dih-kap-uh-lis ]

/ dɪˈkæp ə lɪs /

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

Example sentences from the Web for decapolis

Decapolis and the River Jordan are near the bottom of the square.

The Thirteenth |James J. Walsh
It is not to be confounded with the Philadelphia of the Decapolis in Palestine.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton
Seetzen identified it with Gadara, one of the minor towns of the Decapolis.

Celebrated Travels and Travellers |Jules Verne
Cities of the Decapolis, however, lay within the limits of Perea, and introduced Greek life and ideas to the people.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth |Rush Rhees

Scythopolis was the only one of the cities of the Decapolis west of the Jordan.

Archology and the Bible |George A. Barton

Decapolis

/ (dɪˈkæpəlɪs) /

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