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Laodicea

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city known location approximate debated 9 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ASIA · EPHESUS · HIERAPOLIS · PERGAMUM AND 4 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Laodicea on the Lycus.

Ruins at Laodicea on the Lycus.

PHOTO: Rjdeadly CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Hierapolis ABOUT 6 MI (10 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Philadelphia ABOUT 48 MI (77 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Sardis ABOUT 73 MI (120 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 6 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Ephesus ABOUT 97 MI (160 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 7 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Thyatira ABOUT 100 MI (160 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 8 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Smyrna ABOUT 110 MI (180 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 8 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 540 MI (880 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

5 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 37.8358, 29.1075

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ON WIKIDATA · Q849709