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is situated to the north-west of Amman and
lies at sea level about one third of the
way up to the Jordan Valley near a current
water spring. It is one of the cities built
by the Romans during their golden age in
the second century A.D.
During
the Byzantine period in the fifth and
sixth centuries A.D., Pella became a Christian
center and four churches were constructed
in it. The great leader Ariston the Pellan
was born in it in the first half of the
second century A.D. He was the symbol
of the Christian concept at that time.
Pella
became an important city in the Islamic
period in A.D. 535. It was one of the
battle fields of the war between the Muslims
and the Byzantines. It was known as "
Fahl " during this period.
The
Umayyad built some buildings and mosques
in it. In A.D. 646 a massive earthquake
destroyed it.
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