ar-Rabbah

Rabba is a metropolis in Jordan inside the Karak Governorate. As Ancient Areopolis, it's miles a former bishopric and gift Latin Catholic titular see. It is about 15 kilometers north of the town of Al Karak. It had a populace of about 7208 in 2015. Rabba lies on the ancient King's Highway. It is located on a skinny semi-fertile plain, giving way to Wadi Ibn Hammad within the west, and the barren region in the east. Located close to the northern fringe of the city is the Farming College, a department of Mu'tah University.

Rabba become formerly referred to as Rabbath Moab. In the Hellenistic and Roman instances it turned into known as Areopolis, its Greek call. It was one of the two main towns of the Karek Plateau right now. Areopolis is noted via Ptolemy, Eusebius, who mentioned the terrrifying nature of the region, Hierocles and Stephen of Byzantium, Sozomen and additionally the Notitia Dignitatum The metropolis is shown on the Tabula Peutingeriana and the Madaba map and is attested to on numerous milestones. Areopolis also minted its personal coin among 193 and 222 CE.