Definitions for "Laodicea"
Laodicea (Greek: Λαοδικεια), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia was the name for at least seven Hellenistic cities, which were named for one of the several queens named Laodice in the Seleucid dynasty. The Greeks distinguished such cities by nicknames usually based on geography.
Laodicea (Greek: Λαοδικεια); also transliterated as Laodikeia or Laodiceia was a Hellenistic city in Mesopotamia. Pliny (vi. 30) places Laodicea along with Seleucia and Artemita. Laodicea's precise location is unknown, but it is in modern-day Iraq.
Laodicea (Greek: Λαοδικεια), also transliterated as Laodiceia or Laodikeia was an ancient city of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, Greece. It lay between Megalopolis and Oresthasion (Orestium).