Refounded by a Seleucid king named Antiochus, probably Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Claims that it was founded by Alexander the Great or Perdiccas are contradicted by the simple fact that the official name of the town was Antioch on the Chrysorhoas ("golden river")
Town within the small state of Philadelphia (modern Amman), near the temple of Zeus
Briefly conquered by the Hasmonaean king Alexander Jannaeus
63 BCE: Conquered by the Roman commander Pompey the Great, who added it to the Decapolis he had created
Gerasa, Thucydides
Gerasa, Mosaic of Clio
Gerasa, Mosaic of Alexandria
Gerasa, Church of St Elias, Byzantine Mosaic of a Bird
Roman Age
Temple of Artemis, dedication by a soldier of III Cyrenaica
Mentioned in the gospel of Mark as the site of the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac,note[Mark 5.1-20.] but the story must originally be situated in Gadara (Umm Qays), which better fits the description
Birthplace of Nicomachus of Gerasa (c.60-c.120)
75 CE: Temple of Artemis completed
Temple of Dionysus
106 CE: Decapolis conquered by the Roman emperor Trajan
Land given to veterans to populate the city (?)
City expanded. Cardo measures 800 meters; two decumani; all colonnaded
Many Roman monuments from the second century: nymphaeum, baths, temples, circus, tetrapylons, monumental city gates, et cetera
