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The Greeks, Hasmoneans, and Romans founded flourishing towns and settlements on the land-locked lake including Gadara, Hippos and Tiberias.
The first-century historian Flavius Josephus was so impressed by the area that he wrote, " One may call this place the ambition of Nature.
" Josephus also reported a thriving fishing industry at this time, with 230 boats regularly working in the lake.
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