THYATIRA
City in Asia Minor, in Lydia, near the border with Mysia, on the road from Pergamon to Sardis.
Between 301 and 281 BC, Seleucus Nicator established a colony of Macedonians there, and called it Thyatira. The city previously existed under the name Pelopia and Eutypia (Pliny, Natural History 5:31).
Its inhabitants excelled in the art of dyeing fabrics purple. Lydia, the purple merchant, was originally from Thyatira (Acts 16:14).
One of the seven churches of Asia was located in this city (Rev. 1:11; 2:18-29).
In the town of Ak Hissar, on the site of ancient Thyatira, column fragments dating from the ancient city are found.