Laodicea (Mesopotamia)
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Laodicea (Greek: 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-day Iraq.[1]
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- ^ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Laodiceia", London, (1854)
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