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<p>[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2211412, member: 42773"]The Seleucids were ornery about using the same name over and over. Probably Laodicea is the most overused: Laodicea on the Lycus, Laodicea Pontica, Laodicea Combusta, Laodicea ad Libanum, Laodicea ad Mare, Laodicea (Arcadia), Laodicea (Mesopotamia), Laodicea in Media, not to mention Beirut was once Laodicea in Phoenicia.</p><p><br /></p><p>But in that sense, they were no different than we are today. There are 41 cities in the US named Springfield.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Anthony, post: 2211412, member: 42773"]The Seleucids were ornery about using the same name over and over. Probably Laodicea is the most overused: Laodicea on the Lycus, Laodicea Pontica, Laodicea Combusta, Laodicea ad Libanum, Laodicea ad Mare, Laodicea (Arcadia), Laodicea (Mesopotamia), Laodicea in Media, not to mention Beirut was once Laodicea in Phoenicia. But in that sense, they were no different than we are today. There are 41 cities in the US named Springfield.[/QUOTE]
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