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Laodicea is situated on the long spur of a hill between the narrow valleys of the small rivers Asopus and Caprus, which discharge their waters into the Lycus.. It lay on a major trade route [4] and in its neighbourhood were many important ancient cities; it was 17 km west of Colossae, 10 km south of Hierapolis.
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When the army reached the Byzantine city of Philadelphia, John built a fortified camp and sent a force under the Grand Domestic John Axouch to attack Laodicea. [2] The city was defended by 700–800 Turks under the experienced commander Alp-qara. [2] [1] Somewhat later, John's army marched on Laodicea and built fortifications around the city. [1]
Arizona City Yavapai: 1889: 1907: Former mining town. Currently the site of a mining operation, just north of Mayer on Big Bug Creek. Dome: Yuma: 1892: 1904: Neglected site Ruins of an adobe building, cemetery Duquesne: Santa Cruz: 1880s: 1920s: Semi-abandoned site: Several wood buildings including Westinghouse home Ehrenberg: Mineral City La ...
Laodicean Church, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus; Epistle to the Laodiceans, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle; Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE; A Laodicean, an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy; Laodice (disambiguation) Ladoceia, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece
The Swillings moved to the area in 1871 and established a ranch there. The Swilling cabin served as a stopping place for those who traveled the old Black Canyon Trail from Prescott to Phoenix. The ruins of the Swilling stone cabin are the oldest in Black Canyon City. [3] [1] [2] In 1872, Wells Fargo, established a stage coach stop. This served ...
Laodicea (Greek: Λαοδίκεια); also transliterated as Laodikeia or Laodiceia was a Hellenistic city in Mesopotamia. Pliny (vi. 30) places Laodicea along with Seleucia and Artemita. Laodicea's precise location is unknown, but it is in modern-day Iraq. [1]