Diospolis

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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.

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Label Occurrences
Diospolis canonical 5

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
historical place
associatedWith cult of Saint George
continuityWith modern city of Lod
country Israel
hasAlternativeName Lod
Lydda
hasAncientName Lydda
hasArchaeologicalRemains ancient streets
church remains
public buildings
hasEcclesiasticalStatus titular see in the Catholic Church
hasFormerName Lod
hasGreekName Διόσπολις
hasLatinName Diospolis
hasModernName Lod
hasNotableEvent Council of Diospolis (415 CE)
hasNotablePerson Saint George
hasReligion Judaism
early Christianity
paganism
importantInPeriod classical antiquity
early Christian period
languageOfName Greek
locatedIn Byzantine province of Palaestina Prima
Roman province of Judea
Roman province of Syria Palaestina
linked to: Roman Syria

Sharon plain
Southern Levant
linked to: Levant region

central Israel
locatedNear Ben Gurion Airport
linked to: Ben-Gurion Airport
locatedSoutheastOf Tel Aviv
meaningOfName City of Zeus
namedAfter Zeus
partOf Byzantine Empire
Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem
Roman Empire
servedAs administrative center
regional urban center
timePeriod Byzantine period
Late Antiquity
Roman period
wasChristianBishopric yes

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lydda ancientName Diospolis
subject linked to: Lydda (modern Lod, Israel)
Lod hasAncientName Diospolis
Diospolis hasLatinName Diospolis
Lydda hasAncientName Diospolis