Capitolias
Sign in to saveCapitolias () was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan. Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria.
Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Capitolias
- Ancient site.native_name
- Καπιτωλιας
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Bayt Ras
- Ancient site.image
- Capitolas theater 3.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- Capitolias, 2004
- Ancient site.map_type
- Jordan
- Ancient site.grid_name
- Palestine Grid
- Ancient site.grid_position
- 230/222
- Ancient site.location
- Irbid Governorate, Jordan
- Ancient site.region
- Middle East
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.built
- 97/98 CE
- Ancient site.condition
- In ruins
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- Jordan
- Image
- Capitolas theater 3.jpg
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- Capitolias
- time period
- Hellenistic period
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Archaeology
- Bishopric
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Capitolias () was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan. Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria.
The Peutinger Table placed it between Gadara and Adraha (Daraa), 16 miles from each, and the Antonine Itinerary put it at 36 miles from Neve (Nawa, Syria).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Capitolias” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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