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On a 378-metre escarpment above the Yarmouk Gorge, the Greco-Roman city of Gadara survives — basalt columns, an underground mausoleum, and a view that takes in Israel, Syria, and Lebanon.
Forty-eight kilometres north of Amman, the Decapolis city of Gerasa survives in better shape than almost any Roman ruin outside Italy — until the 749 earthquake.
Bronze Age fortress, Roman temple, Byzantine basilica, Umayyad palace — and the best view of downtown Amman. The Citadel is a lazy 90-minute walk that reads like a time-lapse.