Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis

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Roman colony settlement veteran colony

Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis was the Roman imperial colony established at Philippi in Macedonia, notable as a veteran settlement and later an important early Christian center visited by the Apostle Paul.

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Label Occurrences
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman colony ⓘ
settlement ⓘ
veteran colony ⓘ
archaeologicalSiteAt Archaeological Sites of Philippi ⓘ
surface form: Philippi archaeological site
associatedWith Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
connectedBy Via Egnatia ⓘ
developedFrom Hellenistic city of Philippi ⓘ
foundedAfter Battle of Philippi ⓘ
foundedAs veteran settlement ⓘ
foundedBy Augustus ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Octavian
hasColonyStatus colonia ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Greek culture ⓘ
Roman culture ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
hasLatinName Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis self-link ⓘ
hasLegalStatus Roman colony with ius Italicum ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Greek ⓘ
hasMunicipalInstitutions Roman-style civic institutions ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Latin ⓘ
hasReligion Roman paganism ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ
hasUrbanFeature basilica ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
forum ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
theater ⓘ
locatedIn Macedonia region ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia

Philippi ⓘ
Roman province of Macedonia ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
namedAfter Augustus ⓘ
Julius Caesar ⓘ
partOf Roman Empire ⓘ
predecessor Macedonian city of Crenides ⓘ
region Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ⓘ
surface form: eastern Macedonia
roleInChristianity important early Christian center ⓘ
settledBy Roman military veterans ⓘ
veterans of the civil wars ⓘ
strategicLocation Via Egnatia ⓘ
timePeriod Roman Imperial period ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageContext Archaeological Sites of Philippi ⓘ
surface form: Philippi archaeological site, World Heritage Site
visitedBy Apostle Paul ⓘ
Apostle Paul ⓘ
surface form: Paul the Apostle

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippi → colonyName → Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis ⓘ
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis → hasLatinName → Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis self-link ⓘ