Gadara (Perea)

Gadara (also: Gadora ) was an ancient town in the countryside Perea . It is probably identical to today's es-Salṭ in Jordan .

According to Flavius ​​Josephus ( Bellum Iudaicum 4, 413) it was the permanent capital of Perea. The city was shaped by Jews and was conquered by Vespasian during the Jewish War in AD 68.

literature

• Immanuel Benzinger : Gadara 2 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VII, 1, Stuttgart 1910, Col. 437 f.
• Emil Schürer : History of the Jewish People in the Age of Jesus Christ . Volume 1, Leipzig 1890, p. 125.