Colossae
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Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colossae canonical | 9 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | unexcavated major site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
Epaphras ⓘ Timothy ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Herodotus
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| declinedByCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | earthquake ⓘ |
| destroyedInCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 15 km southeast of Laodicea
ⓘ
about 20 km from Hierapolis ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
textile production
ⓘ
wool trade ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Honaz Höyük ⓘ |
| hasType |
ancient Anatolian city
ⓘ
biblical site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Epistle to the Colossians
ⓘ
surface form:
New Testament Epistle to the Colossians
early Christian community ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
ⓘ
Phrygian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince |
Denizli
ⓘ
surface form:
Denizli Province
|
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Hozat
ⓘ
surface form:
Honaz
|
| locatedOnTradeRoute | route between Ephesus and the Euphrates ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to Philemon
ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ |
| partOf |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ
surface form:
Hellenistic world
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| regionHistorically |
Phrygia
ⓘ
surface form:
Lydia-Phrygia border area
|
| religionPracticed |
Greco-Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | important site for early Christianity ⓘ |
| situatedInValley | Lycus Valley ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Lycus River ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Hierapolis
ⓘ
Laodicea ⓘ
surface form:
Laodicea on the Lycus
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.