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Asia was a term which in the books of the Maccabees actually means Asia Minor, which Antioch III (the Great) had to give up to the Roman province of Asia Proconsularis (formed after 133 B.C.), which embraced the regions of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and Phrygia (see Rom 16:5; II Tim 1:15; Acts 1:4).
This page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place. The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is.
4 maj 2018 · Ancient Asia Minor is a geographic region located in the south-western part of Asia comprising most of present-day Turkey. The earliest reference to the region comes from tablets of the Akkadian Dynasty (2334-2083 BCE) where it was known as The Land of the Hatti and was inhabited by the Hittites.
The province of Asia, created around 133 B.C., is mentioned directly in the King James Bible twenty-one times (Acts 2:9, 6:9, 16:6, 19:10, Acts 20:14 - 15, etc.). It contains the Roman regions of Caria (not mentioned in Scripture), Mysia (Acts 16:7 - 8), Phrygia (a region shared with Galatia - Acts 2:10, 16:6, 18:23, 1Timothy 6:21) and Lydia ...
Map of the Cities of Asia in New Testament Times. This map reveals the cities within Asia Minor in the ancient world during the first century A.D., the time of the New Testament. The map includes the principal cities of Asia.
This map shows the regions of Asia Minor during Roman times, highlighting major cities and provinces. It provides a detailed look at the Roman administrative and political landscape in Asia.
During the time of the Old Testament the ancient world extended from Egypt to Asia Minor over to the Caspian Sea and down to the Persian Gulf. One thousand miles from north to south and nearly 1500 miles from west to east.
