Philadelphia

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Philadelphia was the ancient Greco-Roman name of the city now known as Amman, the capital of Jordan.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Philadelphia canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hellenistic city ⓘ
Roman city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
culture Greek ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Roman period ⓘ
foundedInPeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ
governedBy Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Ptolemaic dynasty ⓘ
linked to: House of Ptolemy

Roman Empire ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFeature Nymphaeum of Amman ⓘ
Odeon of Amman ⓘ
Roman theater in Amman ⓘ
Temple of Hercules (Amman) ⓘ
linked to: Amman Citadel
hasFormerName Rabbat Ammon ⓘ
linked to: Rabbath Ammon

Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
hasLanguage Greek ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasLaterName Amman ⓘ
hasRemainsIn downtown Amman ⓘ
hasSite Amman Citadel ⓘ
hasStructureType acropolis ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
colonnaded streets ⓘ
forum ⓘ
public baths ⓘ
hasType Decapolis city ⓘ
locatedIn Amman ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Transjordan ⓘ
locatedOn hills around Wadi Amman ⓘ
modernLocation Amman, capital of Jordan ⓘ
linked to: Amman
namedAfter Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
partOf Decapolis ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Arabia ⓘ
Seleucid Empire ⓘ
predecessor Rabbath Ammon ⓘ
region Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region
religion Greco-Roman polytheism ⓘ
religiousRole early Christian center in region ⓘ
successor Amman ⓘ
timeDepth antiquity ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Amman Citadel → ancientName → Philadelphia ⓘ
Roman Theatre (Amman) → ancientCityName → Philadelphia ⓘ
subject linked to: Roman Theatre
John the Divine → writesTo → Philadelphia ⓘ
Decapolis → hasCity → Philadelphia ⓘ
Rabbath Ammon → laterName → Philadelphia ⓘ
Temple of Hercules (Amman) → ancientCityName → Philadelphia ⓘ
subject linked to: Temple of Hercules
Book of Revelation → addressesChurch → Philadelphia ⓘ
subject linked to: Revelation
Samuel Noah Kramer → placeOfActivity → Philadelphia ⓘ