Jerash This name was mentioned in a Greek inscription with the name of Alexander the Great, and it was known as Antioch on the Golden River, which is the stream that passes through. It may have been named Antioch after Antiochus, one of the Seleucid kings (perhaps Antiochus IV) in the early fourth century BC. This name continued until the beginning of the Roman period. The name Jerash was mentioned in the Nabataean pronunciation (Jercho) in a Nabataean inscription in the city of Petra on one of the obelisks located in front of the dam and on it an inscription talking about a person who lived in Al-Raqim, died, and was buried in Jerash, and its old name Gerasa was reused after Emperor Hadrian visited Jerash in 129 AD and staying there during the winter. It is located within the following coordinates: NE 32.284303, 35.894935 NW 32.284721, 35.889932 SE 32.271940, 35.891284 SW 32278678, 35.886699 The settlement in the city of Jerash began during the Stone Age, with Bronze and Iron Age occupaiton, followed by Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic period use. The ancient city of Jerash includes many important architectural monuments, including the Triumphal Arch which was built to honour the visit of Hadrian in 129-130.- The site is notable as one of the best preserved regional cities of the Roman era, containing many key features typical of Roman cities, including: a hippodrome; theatres in the northern and southern parts of the city; temples of Artemis and Zeus; well preserved colonnaded streets (cardo maximus and decumani); perhaps the best preserved forum in the western Roman empire; as well as baths houses and a nymphaeum. The site is surrounded by defensive city walls, and has four primary gates (north, south and two on the west). In later periods many other important structures were built, including multiple churches, an Umayyad Mosque, and Ottoman period houses. Jerash was mentioned in many historical sources, such as Al-Maqdisi, Al-Yaqoubi, Ibn Al-Faqih, Ibn Kharthathbah, Al-Baghdadi, Sheikh Al-Rabwah Al-Dimashqi, and Al-Hamwi.