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Jerash
Arabia Petraea · Roman province·Jordan·Founded 170 BCE (Seleucid)
Best-preserved of the Decapolis cities (Roman Gerasa). Oval forum, colonnaded cardo, Temple of Artemis.
A living Jordanian city of around 50,000 whose homes sit alongside ancient Gerasa's ruins, one of the best-preserved Greco-Roman cities outside Italy.
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