Decapolis: Ten Ancient Cities Where Greek, Roman, and Jewish Cultures Met

Decapolis: Ten Ancient Cities Where Greek, Roman, and Jewish Cultures Met

Remnants of Byzantine Basilica in Pella, modern day Jordan, one of the Decapolis cities. Photo credit: Ben Churcher Wikimedia Commons CC BY 3.0 The Decapolis (“ten cities”) was a group of cities in the Middle East where ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish cultures intersected, located between what is today Jordan, Syria, and Israel. The Decapolis lay across a fertile and strategic zone stretching from Damascus in the north to Philadelphia (modern-d…