Gamla Definition
Aramic, meaning "camel," because from a distance this ridge in the Golan Heights (Gaulanitis) looks like a camel's hump. Located north and east of the Sea of Galilee. Home to nationalistic Pharisees (Zealots) who sought deliverance from Roman oppression and probably were responsible for the frequent questions to Jesus regarding the nature of his kingship and an ongoing desire to appoint him king. After a brutal battle, the city fell to Vespian in AD 67. Josephus recoreded that 9,000 people died rather than surrender to the Romans.
