The site is near modern Amman.
One ancient city bearing this name was situated in Lydia and was founded in the 2nd century BC. The site of the ancient city is occupied by the modern city Alasehir, Turkey. Another city with the same name was originally the ancient Rabbath Ammon, the capital of the Ammonites, in Palestine. The site is near modern Amman. FTP give the shared name which was bestowed on the second of these cities when it was rebuilt by the Egyptian king Ptolemy Philadelphus.
One ancient city bearing this name was situated in Lydia and was founded in the 2nd century BC.
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