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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.
- ^ Burns, Ross (30 June 2009). Monuments of Syria: A Guide. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857714893. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via Google Books.