the letters in the New Testament was addressed to the church there, was also located in the Lycus Valley, only about ten miles from Laodicea. Laodicea was established in the middle of the third century BC by the Seleucid king, Antiochus II, who named the city after his wife Laodice (whom he divorced soon after). Earlier settlements on this site were called Diospolis and Rhoas. Situated at the intersection of the main east-west highway connecting Ephesus with the western area of Asia Minor and the