a city of Palestine, and by Josephus considered as the capital of Peraza, to the S.E. of the Lake of Tiberias. Pliny places it on the river Hieromax (now Yarmak). The country which took its name from Gadara—"the country of the Gadarenes"—was the eastern boundary of Galilee. At the time of its capture by Antiochus, Polybius states that it was the strongest city in those parts. It was restored by Pompey, and was the seat of one of the five sanhedrins instituted by Gabinius. This seems strange, since it was considered one of the Grecian cities, and so exempted from the jurisdiction of Archelaus, and put under the prefecture of Syria, though it had, by special grace, been granted to Herod the Great. The ruins of the ancient Gadara (now our Keis), to the south of the Yarmak, are very considerable. They are on the E. side of the Jordan valley, and about six miles S.E. by E. of the Sea of Galilee. The hot spring and baths of Gadara were celebrated in ancient times, ranking second only to those of Bair. These springs burst out from the foot of the mountain on which the city was built, and the baths were built over them. The temperature of the water is lower than the springs of Tiberias. The ruins of a Roman bath are still visible at the source of the springs.