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Hippos - Hellenistic period.
It is possible that Mount Sussita was occupied before Hellenistic times, but the city of Hippos itself was built by Greek colonists, most likely in the mid-200s BC. During this time, Coele-Syria served as the battleground between two dynasties descending from generals of Alexander the Great, the Ptolemies and the Seleucids. It is likely that Hippos, on a very defensible site in the north of Coele-Syria, was founded as a border fortress for the Seleucids. Its full name, Antiochia Hippos< ...
See also:Hippos, Hippos - History, Hippos - Hellenistic period, Hippos - Roman period, Hippos - Byzantine period, Hippos - Umayyad period, Hippos - Excavations, Hippos - Biblical connection Read more here: » Hippos: Encyclopedia II - Hippos - History |
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