Dion
Ancient city · Jordan
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 32.599, 35.858
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Dium or Dion or Dia (Δία) was a city in ancient Coele-Syria mentioned by numerous ancient writers.
History
Dium or Dion or Dia (Δία) was a city in ancient Coele-Syria mentioned by numerous ancient writers. According to Stephanus of Byzantium, the city was a foundation of Alexander the Great, and named after the city Dium in Macedon. It was also wrongly called Pella by some ancient writers.