Isaurian Decapolis
The Isaurian Decapolis was a group of ten cities (Greek: Δεκάπολις) in ancient and medieval Isauria.[1] According to the De Thematibus of the 10th-century Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, the Decapolis comprised the inland portions of Isauria, with the cities of Germanicopolis, Titiopolis, Dometiopolis, Zenopolis, Neapolis, Claudiopolis, Irenopolis, Diocaesarea, Lauzadus and Dalisandus.
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Location of Isauria in Asia Minor
References
- W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor(Cambridge University Press, 2010 )p366.
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