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 7

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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

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Referenced by (7)

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