Laodicea () may refer to:
Places
Turkey
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Laodicea on the Lycus
Laodicea on the Lycus ( el, Λαοδίκεια πρὸς τοῦ Λύκου ''Laodikia pros tou Lykou''; la, Laodicea ad Lycum, also transliterated as ''Laodiceia'' or ''Laodikeia'') (modern tr, Laodikeia) was an ancient city in Asia Minor, ...
, in Phrygia
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Laodicea Pontica Laodicea () may refer to:
Places Turkey
*Laodicea on the Lycus, in Phrygia
* Laodicea Pontica, in the Pontus
*Laodicea Combusta, in Pisidia
Syria
* Laodicea ad Libanum, near Homs
* Laodicea ad Mare, the present city of Latakia
Other countries
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, in the Pontus
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Laodicea Combusta
Laodicea Combusta ( grc, Λαοδίκεια Κατακεκαυμένη, ''Laodikeia Katakekaumenê'', "Laodicea the Burned") or Laodicea ( el, Λαοδίκεια), and later known as Claudiolaodicea, was a Hellenistic city in central Anatolia, in t ...
, in Pisidia
Syria
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Laodicea ad Libanum
Laodicea ad Libanum ("Laodicea by Mount Lebanon") ( el, Λαοδίκεια ἡ πρὸς Λίβανου), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Cabrosa, Scabrosa and Cabiosa Laodiceia – was an ancient Hellenistic city on the O ...
, near Homs
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Laodicea ad Mare
Laodicea ( grc, Λαοδίκεια) was a port city and an important colonia of the Roman Empire in ancient Syria, located near the modern city of Latakia. It was also called Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad mare. For a short period of time ...
, the present city of Latakia
Other countries
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Laodicea (Arcadia) Laodicea ( el, Λαοδίκεια), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia, was an ancient city of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, Greece. It is located between Megalopolis
A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is ...
, in Greece
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Laodicea (Mesopotamia) Laodicea ( el, Λαοδίκεια); also transliterated as Laodikeia or Laodiceia was a Hellenistic city in Mesopotamia. Pliny (vi. 30) places Laodicea along with Seleucia and Artemita. Laodicea's precise location is unknown, but it is in modern- ...
, in Iraq
* Laodicea in Media, former name of
Nahavand
Nahavand ( fa, نهاوند, translit=Nahāvand / Nehāvend) is a city in Hamadan Province, Iran. It is the capital of Nahavand County. At the time of the 2006 census, its population was 72,218, in 19,419 families. It is located south of the ci ...
, Iran
* Laodicea in Phoenicia, former name of
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
, Lebanon
Biology
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''Laodicea'' (cnidarian), a genus of hydrozoans in the suborder Conica
See also
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Laodicean Church
The Laodicean Church was a Christian community established in the ancient city of Laodicea (on the river Lycus, in the Roman province of Asia, and one of the early centers of Christianity). The church was established in the Apostolic Age, the ear ...
, early Christians in Laodicea on the Lycus
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Epistle to the Laodiceans
The Epistle to the Laodiceans is a letter of Paul the Apostle, the original existence of which is inferred from an instruction to the congregation in Colossae to send their letter to the believing community in Laodicea, and likewise obtain a cop ...
, an apocryphal epistle attributed to Paul the Apostle
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Council of Laodicea, a synod held about 363–364 CE
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A Laodicean
''A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-Day'' is a novel by Thomas Hardy, first published in 1880–81 in ''Harper's New Monthly Magazine''. The plot exhibits devices uncommon in Hardy's other fiction, such as falsified te ...
'', an 1881 novel by Thomas Hardy
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Laodice (disambiguation)
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Ladoceia
Ladoceia or Ladokeia ( grc, (τὰ Λαδόκεια), also known as Laodicium or Laodikion (Λαοδίκιον), was a place in ancient Arcadia, in the district Maenalia, and, after the building of Megalopolis, a suburb of that city. It was situat ...
, a town of ancient Arcadia, Greece
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