Philippi

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ancient city archaeological site

Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Philippi canonical 36
forum of Philippi 2
Philippi (about 15 km) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedByCentury 14th century AD ⓘ
archaeologicalExcavationsBy French School at Athens ⓘ
Ephorates of Antiquities in Greece ⓘ
surface form: Greek Archaeological Service
associatedWith Lydia of Thyatira ⓘ
first recorded European convert to Christianity ⓘ
battleOccurredIn 42 BC ⓘ
battleParticipants Marcus Junius Brutus ⓘ
surface form: Brutus

Gaius Cassius Longinus ⓘ
surface form: Cassius

Mark Antony ⓘ
Augustus ⓘ
surface form: Octavian
colonyName Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis ⓘ
countryOfWorldHeritageSite Greece ⓘ
crossedBy Via Egnatia ⓘ
declinePeriod late Byzantine period ⓘ
foundedAroundYear 356 BC ⓘ
foundedBy Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
foundedInCentury 4th century BC ⓘ
grantedTo veterans of Roman civil wars ⓘ
hasChurch early Christian basilicas ⓘ
hasStructure city walls ⓘ
Philippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: forum of Philippi

theatre of Philippi ⓘ
inscribedAsWorldHeritage 2016 ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Philippi ⓘ
locatedIn Macedonia (Greece) ⓘ
surface form: Macedonia

Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ⓘ
surface form: eastern Macedonia
locatedInPresentDay Greece ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Macedonia and Thrace ⓘ
locatedNear Aegean Sea ⓘ
Neapolis ⓘ
modern Kavala ⓘ
mentionedIn Acts of the Apostles ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians ⓘ
namedAfter Philip II of Macedon ⓘ
originalName Crenides ⓘ
partOf Macedon ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Macedon

Roman Empire ⓘ
province of Macedonia ⓘ
religiousSignificance early Christian center ⓘ
site of one of the first Christian communities in Europe ⓘ
statusUnderRome Roman colony ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite yes ⓘ
visitedBy Apostle Paul ⓘ
Luke the Evangelist ⓘ
Silas ⓘ
Timothy ⓘ

Referenced by (42)

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

Apostle Paul → imprisonedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Macedonia (Greece) → containsArchaeologicalSite → Philippi ⓘ
Timothy → sentTo → Philippi ⓘ
Phillippi → hasVariantSpelling → Philippi ⓘ
Lydia → residence → Philippi ⓘ
Lydia → associatedWith → Philippi ⓘ
Via Egnatia → passesThrough → Philippi ⓘ
Silas → traveledTo → Philippi ⓘ
Silas → imprisonedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Philippi → hasStructure → Philippi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: forum of Philippi
French School at Athens → notableWork → Philippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: excavations at Philippi
Cape Flats → contains → Philippi ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians → setting → Philippi ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians → associatedWithCity → Philippi ⓘ
Roman Greece → hasImportantCity → Philippi ⓘ
Julius Caesar (1953 film) → narrativeLocation → Philippi ⓘ
province of Macedonia → includedCity → Philippi ⓘ
Marcus Junius Brutus → diedAt → Philippi ⓘ
Neapolis (Kavala) → connectedTo → Philippi ⓘ
Neapolis (Kavala) → distanceTo → Philippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Philippi (about 15 km)
Neapolis → connectedTo → Philippi ⓘ
Neapolis → associatedWith → Philippi ⓘ
Crenides → laterKnownAs → Philippi ⓘ
Crenides → predecessorOf → Philippi ⓘ
Crenides → renamedAs → Philippi ⓘ
Colonia Iulia Augusta Philippensis → locatedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Lydia of Thyatira → associatedWithPlace → Philippi ⓘ
Lydia of Thyatira → residence → Philippi ⓘ
Lydia of Thyatira → conversionLocation → Philippi ⓘ
theatre of Philippi → locatedIn → Philippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Theatre of Philippi
theatre of Philippi → locatedNear → Philippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Theatre of Philippi
this entity surface form: forum of Philippi
theatre of Philippi → partOf → Philippi ⓘ
subject surface form: Theatre of Philippi
this entity surface form: city of Philippi
Saint Paul → imprisonedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Biblical places → hasExample → Philippi ⓘ
church in Philippi → locatedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Christians in Philippi → locatedIn → Philippi ⓘ
Epaphroditus → returnedTo → Philippi ⓘ
Epaphroditus → associatedLocation → Philippi ⓘ
Euodia → associatedWithPlace → Philippi ⓘ
Syntyche → associatedWith → Philippi ⓘ
Syntyche → location → Philippi ⓘ
Archaeological Sites of Philippi → partOf → Philippi ⓘ
this entity surface form: ancient city of Philippi