pentapolis
thumb|right|The Pentapolis on the Adriatic was part of the Exarchate of Ravenna, an administrative unit of the [[Byzantine Empire.Red: The Pentapolis. Orange: Other cities of the Exarchate.]]
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- Significant historical cases
- Pentapoleis of the modern world
- Algeria
- India
- Italy
- United States
- See also
- Notes
- References
thumb|right|The Pentapolis on the Adriatic was part of the Exarchate of Ravenna, an administrative unit of the [[Byzantine Empire.Red: The Pentapolis. Orange: Other cities of the Exarchate.]]
A pentapolis (from Greek penta-, 'five' and polis, 'city') is a geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. Cities in the ancient world probably formed such groups for political, commercial and military reasons, as happened later with the Cinque Ports in England.