Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 24, 2020 09:30 AM
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History
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.
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/677992
32.6824118229, 35.8688986526
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 19921 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- OSM location of Abila Quwayliba (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Abila Dekapoleos (330 BC - AD 640)
- Seleukeia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia capital of Abilene (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
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settlement
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C4 Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Abil JOR
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/677992> [accessed: 26 March 2025]
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