Laodicea ad Libanum ("Laodicea by Mount Lebanon") ( el, Λαοδίκεια ἡ πρὸς Λίβανου), also

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as Laodiceia or Laodikeia; also Cabrosa, Scabrosa and Cabiosa Laodiceia – was an ancient

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city on the Orontes in

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, the remains of which are found approximately 25 km southwest of Homs, Syria (at Kadesh). The city is mentioned by Strabo (xvi. p. 755) as the commencement of the Marsyas Campus, which extended along the west side of the Orontes, near its source. It is called Cabiosa Laodiceia by

Ptolemy Claudius Ptolemy (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος, ; la, Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist, who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were of importance ...

(Kabiôsa Laodikeia, v. 15), and gives its name to a district Laodicene (Laodikênê), in which he places two other towns, Paradisus (Paradeisos) and Jabruda (Iabmouda).

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(v. 23), among other people of Syria, reckons ''ad orientem Laodicenos, qui ad Libanum cognominantur''. Laodicea ad Libanum is a

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of the

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, ''Laodicensis ad Libanum''; the seat was held by bishop Paul Bassim.catholic-hierarchy.org
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Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Laodicea"
* Smith, William (editor); '' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography''
"Laodiceia"

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, (1854) {{Asia-RC-diocese-stub Hellenistic sites in Syria Seleucid colonies Roman towns and cities in Syria Catholic titular sees in Asia Former populated places in Syria

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