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  • Josephus [Antiquities, 16.62] testifies that many Jews resided in Ancyra in Galatia.

    Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

  • Once a large, prosperous Christian center called Ancyra, Muslim attackers burned the city to the ground in 838 A.D., later rebuilt by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Michael III around 859, but was permanently captured by Muslim warriors in 1073.

    The Reality Check 2009

  • Once a large, prosperous Christian center called Ancyra, Muslim attackers burned the city to the ground in 838 A.D., later rebuilt by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Michael III around 859, but was permanently captured by Muslim warriors in 1073.

    The Reality Check 2009

  • Once a large, prosperous Christian center called Ancyra, Muslim attackers burned the city to the ground in 838 A.D., later rebuilt by the Christian Byzantine Emperor Michael III around 859, but was permanently captured by Muslim warriors in 1073.

    The Reality Check 2009

  • From Ancyra, the Macedonians turned south back toward the Mediterranean.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • He left Gordium and traveled several days east to Ancyra, where he was met by an embassy from neighboring Paphlagonia on the southern shores of the Black Sea.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • He left Gordium and traveled several days east to Ancyra, where he was met by an embassy from neighboring Paphlagonia on the southern shores of the Black Sea.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • From Ancyra, the Macedonians turned south back toward the Mediterranean.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • From Ancyra, the Macedonians turned south back toward the Mediterranean.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • He left Gordium and traveled several days east to Ancyra, where he was met by an embassy from neighboring Paphlagonia on the southern shores of the Black Sea.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

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