Raphon/Raphana

settlement · 330 BC – 300 AD

Raphon/Raphana was an ancient city of the Decapolis that is now in modern Jordan. The ancient site was the legionary base of Legio III Gallica and of Legio XII Fulminata.

Coordinates

32.85203, 36.19934

Also known as

Arpha, Raphana, Raphon, Rhaepta

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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