Philadelphia (ancient city)

E440558

Byzantine city New Testament location Roman city ancient city city of Lydia

Philadelphia was an ancient city of Lydia in western Asia Minor, known as a significant urban and commercial center and as one of the early Christian communities mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Roman Philadelphia	2
Alaşehir (ancient Philadelphia)	1
Philadelphia (ancient city in Asia Minor)	1
Philadelphia (ancient city) canonical	1
Philadelphia in Asia Minor	1
Philadelphia, Asia Minor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4432750 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Philadelphia (ancient city)
Context triple: [Lydia, importantCity, Philadelphia (ancient city)]

A. Filadelfia
Filadelfia is a small municipality and town located in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its coffee-growing economy in the Andean region.
B. Filadelfia
Filadelfia is a town in the Pando Department of northern Bolivia, located in the Amazon rainforest region near the border with Brazil.
C. Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
D. Diospolis
Diospolis is the ancient name of the city historically known as Lydda (modern Lod) in central Israel, an important urban center in classical and early Christian periods.
E. Diospolis Magna
Diospolis Magna is the ancient Greek name for Thebes, the major city of Upper Egypt that served as a prominent political and religious center, especially as the cult center of the god Amun.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Philadelphia (ancient city)
Target entity description: Philadelphia was an ancient city of Lydia in western Asia Minor, known as a significant urban and commercial center and as one of the early Christian communities mentioned in the Book of Revelation.

A. Filadelfia
Filadelfia is a small municipality and town located in the Caldas Department of Colombia, known for its coffee-growing economy in the Andean region.
B. Filadelfia
Filadelfia is a town in the Pando Department of northern Bolivia, located in the Amazon rainforest region near the border with Brazil.
C. Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
D. Diospolis
Diospolis is the ancient name of the city historically known as Lydda (modern Lod) in central Israel, an important urban center in classical and early Christian periods.
E. Diospolis Magna
Diospolis Magna is the ancient Greek name for Thebes, the major city of Upper Egypt that served as a prominent political and religious center, especially as the cult center of the god Amun.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine city ⓘ New Testament location ⓘ Roman city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ city of Lydia ⓘ
elevation	on the slopes of Mount Tmolus ⓘ
foundedBy	Attalid dynasty ⓘ King Eumenes II of Pergamon ⓘ linked to: Eumenes II
governedBy	Attalid kings of Pergamon ⓘ linked to: Attalus Byzantine emperors ⓘ Roman provincial administration of Asia ⓘ linked to: Roman provincial administration
hasEcclesiasticalStatus	episcopal see ⓘ metropolitan see ⓘ
hasRole	one of the Seven Churches of Asia ⓘ
knownFor	commercial activity ⓘ fertile volcanic soil ⓘ strategic location on trade routes ⓘ viticulture ⓘ wine production ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ
laterName	Alaşehir ⓘ
locatedIn	Anatolia ⓘ Asia Minor ⓘ Lydia ⓘ western Asia Minor ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Alaşehir ⓘ Manisa Province ⓘ linked to: Manisa Turkey ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Revelation ⓘ New Testament ⓘ
namedAfter	Attalus II Philadelphus ⓘ
near	Hermus River valley ⓘ linked to: Hermus River Sardis ⓘ
partOf	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Kingdom of Pergamon ⓘ Roman Empire ⓘ province of Asia ⓘ
regionType	frontier city of Lydia ⓘ
religion	Christian bishopric ⓘ early Christianity ⓘ pagan cults ⓘ
servedAs	commercial hub ⓘ fortress city ⓘ
subjectOf	Revelation 3:7–13 ⓘ
timePeriod	Byzantine period ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ
underwent	frequent earthquakes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited