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-It was founded by colonists from Thasos in 360 BCE. Crenides was close to Mount Pangaion with its rich gold veins and to another Thasian colony, Datos. -
-Traditional founding date of Philippi
-Original name was Crenides before the founder Philip || of Macedonia Renames the city Philippi
-Philip no doubt had an eye on the local gold mines
-another name for Philippi is Philippoi -
-Philip II was the ruler of Macedonia until his assassination in 336 BCE
-he became a ruler at 23
-He practiced “Ancient Greek religion” -
Battle of Pydna:
-168-Romans divided Macedonia into four districts
-Philippi is believed to have been in the first zone, Prima Regio
-146-After a while Macedonia became a single Roman province
Battle of Philippi:
-44-Battle against Rome, Julius Ceaser dies in battle.
-42-Ceasers loyalists Mark Antony, Octavian Ceaser, and Mark lepidos seized control of Rome (they defeated Brutus and Cassius)
-31-Octavian defeats Antony and cleopatra and he Renames himself Augustus and rebuilds Philippi -
-Julius Caesar was a renowned general, politician and scholar in ancient Rome who conquered the vast region of Gaul and helped initiate the end of the Roman Republic
-Julius Caesar was born on or around July 13, 100 B.C
-He claimed to be a descendant of the goddess Venus, (a Roman goddess) -
-Prima Regio attained major importance, as evidenced by numerous Latin inscriptions and illustrated by the magnitude of the monuments constructed in that province.
-Via Egnatia was a long road, expanded through all four provinces that greatly benefited the city. -
-The Apostle Paul brought Christianity to Philippi
-when Paul arrived in Philippi for his 1-3 missionary journeys he went to the river because the most logical place for worshippers of God to assemble was next to flowing water.
-The letter of Paul to the Philippians was addressed to Christian converts in Philippi whom he had visited -
Paul’s first arrest took place in Philippi in Macedonia during his second missionary journey, sometime around 51. A demon-possessed slave girl followed Paul and Silas and shouted. She was disruptive and annoying, and finally Paul turned to her and told the demon to leave her. The girl’s owners were furious that their source of income was gone, so they dragged Paul and Silas to authorities and accused them falsely. The magistrate, going against law, had them thrown into prison without trial -
-Saint Paul is suspected to have been born in 4 BCE and died in 62
-He was of them considered o be the most important person after Jesus
-He had many enemy's and detractors