Lecture offers a glimpse into Gerasa, Philadelphia under Roman times
By Saeb Rawashdeh - Jun 28,2021 - Last updated at Jun 28,2021 A view from Hashemite plaza on the Roman Theatre in downtown Amman (Photo courtesy of ACOR /Paul and Nancy Lapp collection)
AMMAN Following the intervention of Roman general Pompey the Great (106 BC-48 BC) in the Levant, Gerasa (Jerash) and Philadelphia (Amman) were integrated into a new province in the autumn of 63 BC, noted a French scholar during a lecture titled “Philadelphia-Amman: the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine City” recently organised by the French institute Ifpo.
“Gerasa and Philadelphia were included into a new Roman province created by Pompey named Syria, and later in 106 AD when Emperor Trajan annexed the Nabataean Kingdom, they were incorporated into a new province named Arabia,” said historian Pierre-Louis Gatier from the University of Lyon
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