The ancient Gerasa, is the capital of the homonymous Jordan region, in the north of the country, about thirty kilometers from the capital Amman. The city is located on the banks of the Wadi Jerash river
Gerasa was part of a commercial and military association along with nine other cities called Decapolis, the city became rich and flourishing. In the first century AD, the city was redesigned and assumed the classic appearance of the Roman model: a main colonnaded road in a north-south direction (cardo maximum)intersected by two roads facing east-west (decumani).
There are a Forum, the Arch of Hadrian, the Temple of ZEUS, the Hippodrome, a Nymphaeum, two theaters and the Baths
