Lycaonia

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Lycaonia was an ancient inland region of Asia Minor, in what is now central Turkey, known in early Christian history as a place visited by apostles and early missionaries.

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Label Occurrences
Lycaonia canonical 12

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient region of Asia Minor
historical region
borders Cappadocia
Cilicia
Galatia
Isauria
Pisidia
continent Asia
culturalInfluence Anatolian indigenous traditions
Hellenistic culture
Roman culture
economyHistorical agriculture
pastoralism
ethnicGroupsHistorical Greeks
Lycaonians
Romans
governedBy Byzantine provincial administration
Roman provincial administration
hasCapital Iconium
knownFor early Christian missionary activity
mixed Hellenistic and indigenous culture
languageSpoken Greek
Lycaonian
locatedIn Anatolia
Asia Minor
locatedInPresentDay Central Anatolia Region
surface form: Central Turkey

Turkey
majorCity Derbe
Iconium
Laranda
Lystra
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles
New Testament
partOf Byzantine Empire
Roman province of Cappadocia
surface form: Cappadocia et Lycaonia (Roman provincial divisions, various periods)

Roman Empire
religionHistorical early Christianity
paganism
terrain inland plateau
semi-arid steppe
timePeriod Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine period

Classical antiquity
Hellenistic period
Roman period
visitedBy Barnabas
Apostle Paul
surface form: Paul the Apostle

early Christian missionaries

Referenced by (12)

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Timothy fromRegion Lycaonia
Phrygia borderedBy Lycaonia
Iconium historicalRegion Lycaonia
Galatia borderedBy Lycaonia
Lystra region Lycaonia
Isauria neighboringRegion Lycaonia
Lycaonians ethnicGroupOf Lycaonia
Lycaonians cultureRegion Lycaonia
Aksaray historicalRegion Lycaonia
Augustan wars hasLocation Lycaonia