Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, jfu
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Last modified
Aug 30, 2025 11:26 AM
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History
Gerasa (modern Jerash in Jordan) became a substantial center under Antiochos IV Epiphanes, at which time it became known as Antioch on the Chrysorhoas. It became part of the territory of Iudaea and in 63 B.C. Pompeius Magnus made it part of the Decapolis. It received the status of a Roman colony in the third century.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678158
32.280087167, 35.8910906052
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Jerash (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Γέρασα (Gerasa: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Jerash (English, modern)
- None
- Bishop Genesius Church located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Gerasa Nymphaeum located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Jerash Hippodrome connection Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Macellum (Jerash) located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- North Theater (Jerash) located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Oval Forum (Jerash) located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- South Theater (Jerash) located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Artemis, Jerash located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
- Temple of Zeus Olympius (Jerash) located at Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam (unspecified date range)
urban area, settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
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- Related:
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- Arachne Gerasa Jerash (Muhafazat) (Гераса / Γέρασα / Antiochia am Chrysorrhoas / Garšu), Jordanien
- DARMC 20281
- EDH Geographic Database G001868: Gerasa – Jerash
- TGN 7002404: Gerasa (deserted settlement)
- TM GEO ID 16815: Gerasa (Jerash)
- Wikidata Ancient Jerash (Q56072866)
- iDAI.gazetteer 2280357: Gerasa
- nomisma.org Gerasa
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C5 Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jerash JOR
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, and jfu, 'Gerasa/Antiochia ad Chrysorhoam: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678158> [accessed: 24 January 2026]
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