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Ancient marble columns and early Christian basilica stone arches under the sun.
Roman Colonnaded Street and Seven Churches Basilica of Ancient Thyateira at Akhisar, Manisa

Historical event

MS 50 — MS 60Roman eraCulture and memory

Saint Paul's Encounter with Lydia of Thyateira the Purple Cloth Merchant

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Place, time and memory in one narrative.

Saint Paul's Encounter with Lydia (50 CE) marks the historic entry of Thyateira textiles into Biblical history.

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Historical event · MS 50 — MS 60 · Culture and memory · deniz-doga

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  • Roman era

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