Located on the Lycus River in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, Laodicea was a wealthy ancient Greek city. It was situated in the Lydia and Caria Hellenistic regions, which subsequently evolved into the Roman Province of Phrygia Pacatiana. Today, it is close to the contemporary Turkish city of Denizli. Situated on a hill above the Lycus river, at its confluence with the Maeander, Laodicea on the Lycus was constructed on the location of a previous pre-Hellenistic city. In 261-253 BC, Antiochus II T ... (Read More)