Philippi 音标拼音: [fɪl'ɪpi]
n .
Macedonia 的古都
Macedonia 的古都
Philippi n 1 :
a city in ancient Macedonia that was important in early Christianity 2 :
Octavian and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC [
synonym : {
Philippi }, {
battle of Philippi }]
Philippi (
1 .)
Formerly Crenides , "
the fountain ,"
the capital of the province of Macedonia .
It stood near the head of the Sea ,
about 8 miles north -
west of Kavalla .
It is now a ruined village ,
called Philibedjik .
Philip of Macedonia fortified the old Thracian town of Crenides ,
and called it after his own name Philippi (
B .
C .
359 -
336 ).
In the time of the Emperor Augustus this city became a Roman colony ,
i .
e .,
a military settlement of Roman soldiers ,
there planted for the purpose of controlling the district recently conquered .
It was a "
miniature Rome ,"
under the municipal law of Rome ,
and governed by military officers ,
called duumviri ,
who were appointed directly from Rome .
Having been providentially guided thither ,
here Paul and his companion Silas preached the gospel and formed the first church in Europe .
(
See {
LYDIA }.)
This success stirred up the enmity of the people ,
and they were "
shamefully entreated " (
Acts 16 :
9 -
40 ;
1 Thess .
2 :
2 ).
Paul and Silas at length left this city and proceeded to Amphipolis (
q .
v .).
(
2 .)
When Philip the tetrarch ,
the son of Herod ,
succeeded to the government of the northern portion of his kingdom ,
he enlarged the city of Paneas ,
and called it Caesarea ,
in honour of the emperor .
But in order to distinguish it from the Caesarea on the sea coast ,
he added to it subsequently his own name ,
and called it Caesarea -
Philippi (
q .
v .).
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