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(modern Umm Qais). Town in north-eastern Transjordania, east of Lake Gennesareth; traces of settlement date back to the 7th cent. BC. After the fall of the Achaemenid kingdom ( Achaemenids), the district of G. came under the control of the Ptolemies for a short period, but became part of the Seleucid kingdom under Antiochus [5] III in 198 BC. For some time, the name of the town appears on coins as Seleucea or Antioch. Under Roman supremacy from 63 BC, …