Philadelphia (ancient cities)
- Philadelphia (ancient cities)
For other uses, see Philadelphia (disambiguation)
Philadelphia (Greek: polytonic|Φιλαδέλφεια, /unicode|fi.la.ˈðɛl.fja/, "brotherly love") also refers to the following places:
* Amman, Jordan was once called Philadelphia during the Hellenic and Roman eras.
* Alaşehir, Turkey was known as Philadelphia, one of the seven churches of Asia in the Book of Revelation.
* Darb Gerza is an archeological site of a city called Philadelphia, now in the Al Fayyum Governorate of Egypt. :"See also List of traditional Greek place names.
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