Laodicea in Syria
Hellenistic coastal city, modern Latakia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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35.51892275°N 35.7766297°E / 35.51892275; 35.7766297
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Laodicea (Ancient Greek: Λαοδίκεια) was a port city and important colonia of the Roman Empire in ancient Syria,[1] near the modern city of Latakia. It was also called Laodicea in Syria or Laodicea ad mare. Under Septimius Severus, it was the capital of Roman Syria, and of the Eastern Roman province of Theodorias from 528 to 637 AD.