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Ruins of Jerash, Oval Plaza
Jerash (Roman Gerasa) in Jordan was an elegant city of the so-called Decapolis (group of 10 cities). It flourished in the second through sixth centuries and gradually transformed itself into an Islamic town after the seventh century. Here you see a colonnade or oval plaza, dated about 300 CE. Fortunately not all of this city’s cut stones were plundered and recycled for later construction.
Name: Ruins of Jerash, Oval Plaza
Material: Stone
Size: 90 x 80 m (295 x 262 ft)
Date: ca. 300 CE
Place of Origin: Jerash, Jordan
Location: Jerash, Jordan
Source and Registration#: Wikimedia Commons. Link to resource
Walter E. Kaegi
Professor of History, University of Chicago
