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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 .
The reference to the "white raiment" may refer to the cloth trade of Laodicea. The city was known for its black wool that was produced in the area. [10] The reference to eye medication is again often thought to reflect the historical situation of Laodicea.
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
Berytus (/ ˈ b ɛ r ɪ t ə s, b ə ˈ r aɪ t ə s /; [1] Phoenician: 𐤁𐤓𐤕, romanized: Biruta; Ancient Greek: Βηρυτός, romanized: Bērytós; Latin: Bērȳtus; Arabic: بَيرُوتَة), briefly known as Laodicea in Phoenicia (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια ἡ ἐν Φοινίκῃ; Arabic: لاذقية كنعان) or Laodicea in Canaan from the 2nd century to 64 BCE, was ...
The city was famous because of the textile products. [citation needed] Herod, king of Judaea, constructed an aqueduct for the city. [2] Laodicea minted coins from an early Roman date, but the most famous are from Severian times. [3] Classical Statue at the National Museum of Latakia. A sizable Jewish population lived in Laodicea during the ...
In Latin, its name became Laodicea ad Mare. The original name survives in its Arabic form as al-Ladhiqiyyah (Arabic: اللاذقية), from which the French Lattaquié and English Latakia (or Lattakia) derive. [8] [9] To the Ottomans, it was known as Lazkiye. [10]
Although she was no longer queen, Laodice was still a very powerful and political influential figure. In their divorce settlement, Antiochus gave Laodice various land grants throughout Anatolia which are known through inscriptions. [12] Laodice I owned a large estate in the Hellespont, [9] other properties near Cyzicus, [2] Ilion and in Caria. [9]
The Council of Laodicea was a regional Christian synod of approximately thirty clerics from Asia Minor which assembled about 363–364 in Laodicea, Phrygia Pacatiana.