Decapolis

(di kap′ə lis)

ancient region of NE Palestine, mostly east of the Jordan, occupied by a confederation (formed c. 65 ) of ten Greek cities

See Decapolis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A confederacy in northeast Palestine of ten Roman-controlled cities settled by Greeks. It was formed after 63 B.C. and dominated by Damascus.

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