Thessalonica

Thessalonica A. The city of Thessalonica The city of Thessalonica pictured above on the map above has always been a center of trade for all of Macedonia. It is the main seaport of the area because of its location on Thermaic Gulf. The city was most likely founded in the early part of the 4th century B.C. around the year 316. It was formed after Cassander destroyed many small villages almost completely wiping them out. The people from these cities moved into the new city that he was building in the honor of a sister of Alexander the great named Thessalonica. Thessalonica was made the capitol of the second district of Macedonia around the year 167 BC. It continued to be a capitol city when the Romans moved in and conquered the area. The city was declared to be a colony in 250 AD under the Emperor Gordian III. At that time it had the highest population of the area. B. Paul at Thessalonica There seems to be a dispute on how long Paul was able to spend in Thessalonica. If one were to strictly read Acts then you would think that he spent only three weeks in the city, but if you were to examine thessalonica, paul, city, church, thessalonians, jews, people, instructions, even, because, holy, great, community, christian, being, area, acts, year, writings, writes, weeks, wanted, under, time, stay, spread, spend, sexual, return, reject, purity, place, persecuted, part, moved, macedonia