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ABILA, (I)

This article appears in Volume V01, Page 63 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: A10-ADA
ABILA, (I) a city of ancient Syria, the
capital
  of the tetrarchy of Abilene, a territory whose extent it is impossible to define. It is generally called -Abila of
Lysanias
 , to distinguish it from (2) below.. Abilawas an important town on the imperial high-way from Damascus to
Heliopolis
  (Baalbek). The site is indicated by ruins of a temple, aqueducts, &c., and
inscriptions
  on the banks of the river Barada at Suk
Wadi
  Barada, a
village
  called by early Arab geographers Abil-es-Suk, between Baalbek and Damascus. Though the names All and Abila differ in derivation and in meaning, their similarity has given rise to the tradition that this was the place of Abel's burial. According to Josephus, Abilene was a
separate
  Iturean kingdom till A.D. 37, when it was granted by Caligula to
Agrippa
  I.; in 52
Claudius
 
granted it to
Agrippa
  IT. (See also
LYSANIAS
 .) (2) A city in Perea, now Abil-ez-Zeit.


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