Laodicea

E922432
ancient city archaeological site

Laodicea was an important ancient city in Asia Minor, known in early Christianity as the home of a significant church community mentioned in the New Testament.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Laodicea on the Lycus 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
abandonedBy medieval period ⓘ
addressedAs one of the seven churches of Asia ⓘ
associatedWith Apostle John NERFINISHED ⓘ
Apostle Paul NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
declinedIn late antiquity ⓘ
describedAs lukewarm church in Revelation ⓘ
foundedBy Antiochus II Theos NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury 3rd century BC ⓘ
hadCommunity Christian church ⓘ
hadStatus free city under Rome ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalRemainsOf agora ⓘ
baths ⓘ
church buildings ⓘ
stadium ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasRoleIn early Christianity ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus World Heritage Site candidate ⓘ
knownFor banking ⓘ
black wool garments ⓘ
eye salve production ⓘ
medical school ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
locatedIn Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Asia Minor ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
locatedNear modern Denizli ⓘ
locatedOn Lycus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Revelation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Testament ⓘ
modernSiteKnownAs Laodicea on the Lycus NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Laodice, wife of Antiochus II Theos NERFINISHED ⓘ
near Colossae NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hierapolis NERFINISHED ⓘ
onRoute trade routes between Ephesus and the interior of Asia Minor ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Province of Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
rebuiltWith its own resources after 60 AD earthquake ⓘ
region Denizli Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
suffered major earthquake in 60 AD ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Church of Laodicea → associatedWith → Laodicea ⓘ
Christians in Colossae → associatedWithCity → Laodicea ⓘ
Epaphras → associatedWithPlace → Laodicea ⓘ
Church of Laodicea → locatedIn → Laodicea ⓘ
Colossae → supersededBy → Laodicea ⓘ
this entity surface form: Laodicea on the Lycus