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“Thyatira was situated in the mouth of a long vale
which extends north and south connecting the Hermus and
Caicos Valleys. Down the vale a stream flows south to
join the Lycus (near whose left bank Thyatira was
situated), one of the chief tributaries of the Hermus,
while its northern end is divided by only a ridge of
small elevation from the Caicos Valley. The valleys of
the two rivers, Hermus and Caicos, stretch east and
west, opening down from the edge of the great central
plateau of Anatolia towards the Aegean Sea. Nature has
marked out this road, a very easy path, for the tide of
communication which in all civilised times must have
been large between the one valley and the other. The
railway traverses its whole length now: in ancient times
one of the chief routes of Asia Minor traversed it.
“Not merely did all communication and trade between those two great and rich
valleys pass up and down the vale; but also, in certain periods and in certain
conditions of the general economy of Asia Minor and the Aegean lands, a main
artery of the Anatolian system of communication made use of it. The land-road
connecting Constantinople with Smyrna and the southwestern regions of Asia Minor
goes that way, and has been at some periods an important route. The Imperial
Post-road took that course in Roman times. Above all, when Pergamum was the
capital of Asia under the kings, that was the most important road in the whole
country; and its importance as the one great route from Pergamum to the
southeast (including all the vast regions of the central Anatolian plateau,
Syria and the East generally) was proportionate to the importance which the
official capital of the Province retained under the Roman administration”
(Ramsay, The Letters to the Seven Churches of Asia, Chapter 23).
On our Holy Days 2000
Page, by following the Pentecost 2000 links, you may access
both audio and
transcripts
relating the significance of
Thyatira
to church history. This series by Fred R. Coulter is entitled The
Seven Church Harvest.
On our Pentecost 2000 Page you will find both audio and transcript
relating the significance of Thyatira to church history.
This series by Fred R. Coulter is entitled The Seven Church Harvest.
For a thumbnail sketch of
Ancient Thyatira with photo, visit this site.
Many enlargeable thumbnail shots of the
Ruins of Ancient Thyatira, may be viewed at this site.
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