Historical place profile
Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia
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.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:677992
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:677992
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 32.682412, 35.868899
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
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.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C4 Abila Dekapoleos/Seleukeia
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Research path
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