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Capitolias

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Capitolias () was an ancient city east of the Jordan River, and is identified with the modern village of Beit Ras in the Irbid Governorate in northern Jordan.C.J. Lenzen, E.A. Knauf, "Capitolias: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Archaeological and Textual Evidence" in Syria, Year 1987, Issue 64–1–2, pp. 21–46 (same text, not free)The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites: "Capitolias (Beit Ras) Jordan" Anciently it was a town of Coele-Syria. Read more on Wikipedia

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