Biblical city
Smyrna
İzmir, Türkiye · Roman Asia Minor
A prosperous port city famed for its loyalty to Rome, Smyrna housed a sizable Jewish community and an early Christian congregation that suffered poverty and persecution. Revelation 2:8-11 offers it no rebuke, only the promise of the crown of life. The ancient agora lies beneath the modern city of İzmir.
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