Pentapʹolis. (Greek, pente polis.)
(1) The five cities of the plain: Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboʹim, and Zoar, four of which were consumed with fire, and their site covered with the Lake Asphaltiʹtēs, or the Dead Sea.
(2) The five cities of Cyrenaʹica, in Egypt: Bereniʹcē, Arsinʹoe, Ptolemaʹis, Cyreʹnĕ, and Apolloʹnia.
(3) The five cities of the Philistines Gaza, Gath, Asʹcalon, Ashʹdod, and Ekron.
(4) The five cities of Italy in the exarchate of Ravenna: Rimʹini, Pesaro, Fano, Sinigaglia, and Ancoʹna. These were given by Pepin to the Pope.
(5) The Dorian pentapolis: Cniʹdos, Cos, Lindos, Ialʹysos, and Camiʹros.
