Talk:Decapolis

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[edit] Economic strength

The main article could be improved if there were a few comments on the economic role the cities played in the region. When Pompey passed through Judea, he allowed the cities of the Dekapolis a measure of autonomy. Were it not for this, it would have been expected for the cities to have had to pay tribute to a governing authority of some kind.

How much tribute would the Dekapolis have had to pay?198.177.27.23 (talk) 08:01, 16 February 2008 (UTC)