Philadelphia

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Philadelphia was the ancient Greco-Roman name of the city now known as Amman, the capital of Jordan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Philadelphia canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic city
Roman city
ancient city
culture Greek
Roman
flourishedInPeriod Roman period
foundedInPeriod Hellenistic period
governedBy Byzantine Empire
House of Ptolemy
surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty

Roman Empire
hasArchaeologicalFeature Nymphaeum of Amman
Odeon of Amman
Roman Theatre in Amman
surface form: Roman theater in Amman

Amman Citadel
surface form: Temple of Hercules (Amman)
hasFormerName Rabbath Ammon
surface form: Rabbat Ammon

Rabbath Ammon
hasLanguage Greek
Latin
hasLaterName Amman
hasRemainsIn downtown Amman
hasSite Amman Citadel
hasStructureType acropolis
city walls
colonnaded streets
forum
public baths
hasType Decapolis city
locatedIn Amman
Jordan
Transjordan
locatedOn hills around Wadi Amman
modernLocation Amman
surface form: Amman, capital of Jordan
namedAfter Ptolemy II Philadelphus
partOf Decapolis
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Roman province of Arabia Petraea
surface form: Roman Arabia

Seleucid Empire
predecessor Rabbath Ammon
region Levant region
surface form: Levant
religion Greco-Roman polytheism
religiousRole early Christian center in region
successor Amman
timeDepth antiquity

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Amman Citadel ancientName Philadelphia
Roman Theatre ancientCityName Philadelphia
subject surface form: Roman Theatre (Amman)
John the Divine writesTo Philadelphia
Decapolis hasCity Philadelphia
Rabbath Ammon laterName Philadelphia
Temple of Hercules ancientCityName Philadelphia
subject surface form: Temple of Hercules (Amman)