Laodicea: The city of this name mentioned in Scripture lay on the confines of
Phrygia and Lydia, about 40 miles east of Ephesus
(Revelation 3:14) on the
banks of the Lycus. It was originally called Diospolis and then
Rhoas, but afterwards Laodicea, from Laodice, the wife of Antiochus
II., king of Syria, who rebuilt it. It was one of the most important
and flourishing cities of Asia Minor. At a very early period it
became one of the chief seats of Christianity
(Colossians 2:1; 4:15; Revelation 1:11)
etc. It is now a deserted place, called by the Turks Eski-hissar or
"old castle."
