Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia

settlement · 330 BC – 640 AD

Abila was a Ptolemaic town located in northern Palestine. Antiochus III conquered it and Pompeius Magnus later freed it in 64 B.C. Becoming autonomous thereafter, Abila became part of the Decapolis.

Coordinates

32.68241, 35.86890

Also known as

Abila Dekapoleos, Seleukeia, أبيلا (ara), القويلبة (ara)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• iDAI.gazetteer (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut) · CC BY
  iDAI.gazetteer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (CC BY)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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