Dion (Jordan)
Coordinates: 32 ° 35 ′ 55 ″ N , 35 ° 51 ′ 30 ″ E
Dion (also known by the names Adun and Capitolias ) is the name of an ancient city in Palestine . The exact location is controversial, but it is believed that it was on the site of today's Beit Ras north of Irbid .
The city appears in ancient reports as one of the cities of the Decapolis , a loose association of Greco-Roman cities.
literature
- Immanuel Benzinger : Δῖον 5 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Col. 833 f.
- Mathias Döring : Water for the Decapolis - Roman long-distance water pipeline in Syria and Jordan . Writings of the German Water History Society DWhG, Vol. S 12, Siegburg 2016. ISBN 978-3-9815362-3-2 .
Web links
- Map of Palestine (after Shepherd - 1911) - shown here as Capitolias
