Abila Dekapoleos – Abila in the Decapolis or Abila (Greek: Αβιλα; and for a time, Seleucia; Greek: Σέλεύχεια, also transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia, and Seleukheia) was an ancient city, near the Hieromax river in the Decapolis; the site is occupied by two tells and the village of Quailibah, circa 13 km north-northeast of Irbid, Jordan. Transliteration in a narrow sense is a mapping from one script into another script. ... Wady Mandhur is one of the two main tributaries which enter the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea. ... The oval forum and cardo of Gerasa (Jerash) The Decapolis (Greek: deka, ten; polis, city) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Syria and Judea (renamed Palestine in 135 AD). ... See also Tell (poker). ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer) (symbol: km) is a unit of length equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words khilia = thousand and metro = count/measure). ... A picture of Irbid in the spring Irbid (Arabic: أربد), anciently known as Arabella, is Jordans 2nd largest city located about 85 km north of Amman, situated at an equal distance from Pella and Umm Qais. ...

The site has been extensively excavated since 1980. The excavations have shown habitation at Abila from ca. 4000 BC to 1500 AD, and have yielded numerous artifacts, and unearthed remains of city walls, a theater, and a sixth century church. [1] 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... (5th millennium BC – 4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC - other millennia) Events City of Ur in Mesopotamia (40th century BC). ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... (5th century — 6th century — 7th century — other centuries) Events The first academy of the east the Academy of Gundeshapur founded in Persia by the Persian Shah Khosrau I. Irish colonists and invaders, the Scots, began migrating to Caledonia (later known as Scotland) Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland founded by St. ...

The city remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church, Abilenus in Palaestina; the seat has been vacant since 1977. [2] When first appointed auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii, Joseph Anthony Ferrario became a titular bishop of the titular see of the ancient Egyptian city of Cusae. ... For other uses of the term, see Catholic Church (disambiguation). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...

References

• Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 069103169X), p. 69.

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External links

• Hazlitt, Classical Gazetter "Abila"
• Report on the excavations