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MYSIA

(Gk. Mysía)

A mountainous region in northwestern Asia Minor, with Bithynia to the northeast and Lydia to the south. Originally settled by Thracians, the region was successively ruled by the Lydians, Seleucids, and Attalids before being incorporated into the Roman province of Asia (ca. 129-126 b.c.e.). The Mysians were known as mercenaries and played a role in an expedition against Jerusalem in the Maccabean era (2 Macc. 5:23-26; cf. 1 Macc. 1:29-35). By the 1st century b.c.e. Jewish communities were located in at least two of its prominent cities, Adramyttium and Pergamum (Cicero Pro Flacco 28.68; Josephus Ant. 14.247-55; cf. Rev. 1:11; 2:12-17). Paul and his companions have a brief stay in the city of Troas (Acts 16:7-8; cf. 20:5-12; 2 Cor. 2:12-13); later, Paul stopped over at the coastal city of Assos (Acts 20:13-14).

Bibliography. D. Magie, Roman Rule in Asia Minor (1950, repr. New York, 1975).

Philip A. Harland

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MYSIA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)