Article 12 of 12 in the series Bringing the Apocalypse to Life
Bible Marking | by The Lampstand Magazine | Volume 26, Issue 6 | November – December 2020
Background
Laodicea was situated in the Lycos Valley in the province of Phrygia and was founded by Antiochus II (261–246BC) of Syria, who named it for his wife Laodike, and who populated it with Syrians and Jews who were transplanted from Babylonia.
The ruins of the city show it to have be…
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