The Templar Knight blog has just visited the biblical city of Gadara – part of the Decapolis – and now known as Um Qais to see its Roman ruins
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Category: Templar History
Tags: amphitheatre, Ancient, Ancient Rome, basalt, byzantine, Byzantine Empire, Decapolis, Gadara, Galilee, jesus, jordan, Kingdom, middle east, roman, rome, Saudi Arabia, syria, Templar, Um Qais
The crusaders and Knights Templar suffered a horrific defeat at the Battle of Hattin and Tony McMahon examines the Saracen point of view of their victory
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Aleppo, allah, battle of hattin, egypt, Franks, Galilee, Horns of Hattin, Islam, israel, Kingdom of Heaven, Knightfall, lebanon, muslim, orlando bloom, point of view, Raynald of Châtillon, Reynald, saladin, saracen, syria, Templar, Tiberias, ummah
The Templar Knight blog visited Capurneum – also known as Capharnaum – and discovered the hometown of Jesus later hit by the huge Galilee Earthquake of 749
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Category: Templar History
Tags: baptism, byzantine, Capharnaum, Capurneum, Custody, earthquake, franciscan, Galilee, Greek, Holy Land, Holy Sepulchre, israel, jesus, John, jordan, knights, orthodox, river, synagogue