philippi

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philippi - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
         [syn: Philippi, battle of Philippi]

philippi - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  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.).

philippi - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Philippi, WV (city, FIPS 63292)
    Location: 39.15215 N, 80.04425 W
    Population (1990): 3132 (1342 housing units)
    Area: 6.7 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)