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Philippi (/ fɪˈlɪpaɪ, ˈfɪləˌpaɪ /; Greek: Φίλιπποι, Phílippoi) was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (Greek: Κρηνῖδες, Krēnĩdes "Fountains") [1] after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Philip II of Macedon in 356 BC ...
Lydia of Thyatira is most known as a "seller" or merchant of purple cloth, which is the likely reason for the Catholic Church naming her "patroness of dyers." It is unclear as to if Lydia simply dealt in the trade of purple dye or whether her business included textiles as well, [7] though all known icons of the saint depict her with some form ...
In antiquity, most of the territory that is now North Macedonia was included in the kingdom of Paeonia, which was populated by the Paeonians, a people of Thracian origins, [1] but also parts of ancient Illyria, [2] [3] Ancient Macedonians populated the area in the south, living among many other tribes and Dardania, [4] inhabited by various Illyrian peoples, [5] [6] and Lyncestis and Pelagonia ...
Antioch – In Asia Minor. Arabia – (in biblical times and until the 7th century AD Arabia was confined to the Arabian Peninsula) Aram / Aramea – (Modern Syria) Arbela (Erbil/Irbil) – Assyrian city. Archevite. Armenia – Indo-European kingdom of eastern Asia Minor and southern Caucasus. Arrapkha – Assyrian city, modern Kirkuk.
Ancient Macedonian, then Attic Greek, and later Koine Greek. Religion. ancient Greek religion. The Macedonians (Greek: Μακεδόνες, Makedónes) were an ancient Greek tribe [ 1 ] that lived on the alluvial plain around the rivers Haliacmon and lower Axios in the northeastern part of mainland Greece.
Judea was sometimes used as the name for the entire region, including parts beyond the river Jordan. [11] In 200 CE Sextus Julius Africanus, cited by Eusebius (Church History 1.7.14), described "Nazara" as a village in Judea. [12] The King James Version of the Bible refers to the region as "Jewry". [13]
Seleucus was born in Europus, located in the northern part of Macedonia. Just a year before his birth (if the year 358 BC is accepted as the most likely date), the Paeonians invaded the region. Philip defeated the invaders and only a few years later utterly subdued them under Macedonian rule. [7] Seleucus' year of birth is unclear.
Beroea. Archaeological Museum of Veria. Beroea (or Berea, Greek: Βέροια, translit. Béroia) was an ancient city of the Hellenistic period and Roman Empire now known as Veria (or Veroia) in Macedonia, Northern Greece. It is a small city on the eastern side of the Vermio Mountains north of Mount Olympus. The town is mentioned in the Acts of ...