📍Decapolis

Place

Decapolis is a region northwest of Galilee, which was then the most remote area of the Roman Empire.

It is a name created by combining 10 cities, with "Deca" meaning 10 in Greek and "polis" meaning city.

Matthew 4:25Large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan.
Mark 5:20So the man went away and began to tell in the Decapolis how much Jesus had done for him. And all the people were amazed.
Mark 7:31Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Decapolis region and on to the Sea of Galilee.

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