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Decapolis was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Judea. Decapolis or Dekapolis ( el, Δεκάπολις) refers to a group or confederation of ten cities. It may also refer to: History * Isaurian Decapolis in Cilicia * Decapolis of Katakekaumene, in Lydia * Décapole, alliance of ten towns of the Holy Roman Empire in Alsace, 1354-1679 Modern * Decapolis, Virginia, a community in Madison County See also *Dodecapolis (other) Dodecapolis or Dodekapolis ( el, Δωδεκάπολις) refers to a group or confederation of twelve cities. It may refer to: * Ionian dodecapolis *Aeolian dodecapolis *Etruscan dodecapolis See also *Decapolis (other) *Pentapolis A pe ...
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Decapolis
The Decapolis (Greek: grc, Δεκάπολις, Dekápolis, Ten Cities, label=none) was a group of ten Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in the Southern Levant in the first centuries BCE and CE. They formed a group because of their language, culture, religion, location, and political status, with each functioning as an autonomous city-state dependent on Rome. They are sometimes described as a league of cities, although some scholars believe that they were never formally organized as a political unit. The Decapolis was a center of Hellenistic and Roman culture in a region which was otherwise populated by Jews, Nabataeans and Arameans. In the time of the Emperor Trajan, the cities were incorporated into the provinces of Syria and Arabia Petraea; several cities were later placed in Syria Palaestina and Palaestina Secunda. Most of the Decapolis region is located in modern-day Jordan, except Hippos and Scythopolis (in Israel), Canatha and Damascus (in Syr ...
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Isaurian Decapolis
The Isaurian Decapolis was a group of ten cities ( el, Δεκάπολις) in ancient and medieval Isauria.W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor(Cambridge University Press, 2010 p366 According to the '' De Thematibus'' of the 10th-century Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, the Decapolis comprised the inland portions of Isauria, with the cities of Germanicopolis, Titiopolis, Dometiopolis, Zenopolis, Neapolis, Claudiopolis, Irenopolis, Diocaesarea, Lauzadus Lauzadus or Lauzadeai was a town of ancient Cilicia or of Isauria, inhabited in Byzantine times. It became a bishopric; no longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church The Catholic Church ... and Dalisandus. References Isauria Historical regions in Turkey {{AncientIsauria-geo-stub ...
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Katakekaumene
Katakekaumene or Catacecaumene ( el, Κατακεκαυμένη) was a name for a district in Lydia (modern western Turkey), and a union of ten cities in the area, during the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The name means "burnt land" or "burnt country", referring to the pitch-black color of the lava and the dormant volcanic belt of Kula, which was first described by Strabo. Strabo ('' Geographica''12.8.19 reported that some place Katakekaumene as the site of the mythological battle between Zeus and the giant Typhon. Decapolis Cities of the ancient decapolis included: * Satala in Lydia * Maionia in Lydia * Tabala in Lydia * Bagis * Silandos * Saittae *Daldis * Philadelphia in Lydia * Apollonos-Hieron * Mesotimolos or GordosW. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university pres ...
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Décapole
The Décapole (''Dekapolis'' or german: Zehnstädtebund) was an alliance formed in 1354 by ten Imperial cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Alsace region to maintain their rights. It was disbanded in 1679. In 1354 Emperor Charles IV of Luxembourg ratified the treaty uniting the towns of Haguenau, Colmar, Wissembourg, Turckheim, Obernai, Kaysersberg, Rosheim, Munster, Sélestat and Mulhouse.G. Köbler, ''Historisches Lexikon der deutschen Länder'', 7th edition, C.H. Beck, Munich, 2007. Hagenau became its capital while the Imperial city of Strasbourg, though venue of the league's diets, remained outside the alliance. The town of Seltz joined the league when it received immediate status in 1357, but had to leave it after its mediatization to the Electorate of the Palatinate in 1414. The affiliation at first discontinued after Charles' death in 1378, it was, however, re-established in the next year. The ten cities joined the Upper Rhenish Circle in 1500. In 1515, Mulhouse pulled ...
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Decapolis, Virginia
Decapolis is an unincorporated community located in Madison County, Virginia Madison County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,837. Its county seat is Madison. History Madison County was established in December 1792, created from Culpeper County. The c ..., United States. References Unincorporated communities in Virginia Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Virginia {{MadisonCountyVA-geo-stub ...
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