Located on the Lycus River in Asia Minor, present-day Turkey, Laodicea was

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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 Theos, monarch of the Seleucid Empire, established Laodicea and several other cities bearing the same name in honor of his wife Laodice. Pliny the Elder claims that the town was formerly known as Diospolis, meaning the City of Zeus, and later Rhoas. The city quickly grew prosperous. Achaeus proclaimed himself king of the area in 220 BC, but Antiochus the Great overthrew him in 213 BC. Following the Roman victory over the Seleucids in the Battle of Magnesia in 188 BC, the Treaty of Apamea was written, granting the Kingdom of Pergamon sovereignty over all of western Asia Minor. Its territory was given to Rome in 133 BC after the passing of its last monarch. Rome bestowed to it the title of free city. During the Mithridatic Wars, it suffered significantly, but under Roman rule, it recovered swiftly. Laodicea benefited from its strategic location on a trade route towards the end of the Roman Republic and under the first emperors, becoming one of the most significant and thriving commercial cities of Asia Minor, where a vast trade in black wool and large-scale financial transactions were conducted. It is evident from its ruins that the riches of its people fostered a liking for Greek art, and it is also known to have advanced literature and science. Zeus, Æsculapius, Apollo, and the emperors were worshipped, as evidenced by the inscriptions on the coinage of the city. #History #Architecture

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