🏛️ Diospolis-Jerusalem
Roman-era archaeological site in the West Bank
📌 Fast Facts
- Located near modern Ramallah in the West Bank, approximately 15 km north of Jerusalem's Old City
- Represents a short-lived Greco-Roman settlement and administrative site from the 1st–2nd centuries CE
- Name derives from Hadrian's renaming of Jerusalem as Aelia Capitolina following the Bar Kokhba Revolt (132–135 CE)
- Currently not easily accessible to the general public due to political and security circumstances
Diospolis-Jerusalem is a minor but historically significant archaeological site reflecting the Roman reorganisation of Judaea after the suppression ...