GADARA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of the Syrian See also:

• DECAPOLIS

Decapolis, the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of Peraea, and the See also:

• POLITICAL

political centre of the small See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Gadaris . It was a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, probably entirely non-Syrian in origin . The earliest recorded event in its See also:

• HISTORY

history is its See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture by See also:

• ANTIOCHUS

Antiochus III. of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria in 218 B.c.; how See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long it may have existed before this date is unknown . About twenty years later it was besieged for ten months by See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander Jannaeus . It was restored by See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey, and in 3o B.C. was presented by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus to See also:

• HEROD
• HEROD (surnamed THE GREAT)

Herod the See also:

• GREAT

Great; on Herod's See also:

• DEATH

death it was reunited to Syria . The coins of the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear Greek legends, and such See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions as have been found on its site are Greek . Its governing and wealthy classes were probably Greek, the See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• PEOPLE

people being Hellenize& and Judaized Aramaeans . The community was Hellenistically organized, and though dependent on Syria and acknowledging the supremacy of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome it was governed by a democratic See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and managed its own See also:

• INTERNAL

internal affairs . In the Jewish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war it surrendered to See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian, but in the See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period it again flourished and was the seat of a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop . It was renowned for its hot See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur See also:

• BATHS

baths; the springs still exist and show the remains of See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

bath-houses . The temperature of the springs is 110° F . This town was the birthplace of See also:

• MELEAGER (Gk. M€X aypos)

Meleager the anthologist .

There is a confusion in the narrative of the healing of the demoniac between the very similar names Gadara, See also:

• GERASA (mod. Gerash or Jerash)

Gerasa and Gergesa; but the probabilities, both textual and See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical, are in favour of the See also:

• READING

reading of See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark (Gerasenes, ch. v.1, revised version); and that the See also:

• MIRACLE (Lat. miraculum, from mirari, to wonder)

miracle has nothing to do with Gadara, but took place at Kersa, on the eastern See also:

• SHORE

shore of the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea of See also:

• GALILEE
• GALILEE (Heb. 5'S?, " border " or " ring," Gr. I'aXi?aia)
• GALILEE, SEA OF

Galilee . Gadara is now represented by Umm Kais, a See also:

• GROUP

group of ruins about 6 m . S.E. of the Sea of Galilee, and 1194 ft. above the sea-level . There are very See also:

• FINE

fine tombs with carved sarcophagi in the neighbourhood . There are the remains of two theatres and (probably) a See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, and many heaps of carved stones, representing ancient buildings of various kinds . The walls are, or were, traceable for a See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit of 2 m., and there are also the remains of a See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

street of columns . The natives are rapidly destroying the ruins by See also:

• QUARRYING

quarrying See also:

• BUILDING

building material out of them . (R . A . S .