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Posted by Pope Reverend I, BV on 2/3/2009, 12:55 am, in reply to "I dunno"
The region of the "ten cities" was annexed to Syria under Pompey.
And...
The "ten cities" were answerable to the Roman Governor of Syria.
Encyclopedia.Com: Decapolis
Encyclopedia Britannica
| Date: 2007 | Copyright 1994-2006 Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
League of 10 ancient Greek cities, including Damascus, in eastern Palestine. It was formed after the Roman conquest in 63 for mutual protection against their Semitic neighbors. The name also denotes the roughly contiguous territory formed by these cities, all but one of which lay east of the Jordan River. Subject to the Roman governor of Syria, the league survived until the 2nd centuryThe Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
The league was constituted after Pompey's campaign (65 BC-62 BC) as a protection against the Jews and the Arabian tribes and as a customs union. The Roman governor of Syria exercised general supervision of its affairs, and the cities belonging to the league were liable to Roman military service and taxation.
Even "Bible" people are in agreement on this point... Bible History Online
But...
DECAPOLIS
de-kap'-o-lis (Dekapolis): The name given to the region occupied by a league of "ten cities" (Mt 4:25; Mk 5:20; 7:31), which Eusebius defines (in Onomastica) as "lying in the Peraea, round Hippos, Pella and Gadara." Such combinations of Greek cities arose as Rome assumed dominion in the East, to promote their common interests in trade and commerce, and for mutual protection against the peoples surrounding them. This particular league seems to have been constituted about the time of Pompey's campaign in Syria, 65 BC, by which several cities in Decapolis dated their eras. They were independent of the local tetrarchy, and answerable directly to the governor of Syria.
That's just stuff that I've read.
And, everybody knows...
-- You can't believe Everything you read.
-PRev1-
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