Pacatiana

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

pā - ka - ti - ā´na , pak - a - tı̄´a - na ( Πακατιανή , Pakatianḗ ): About 295 AD, when the province of Asia was broken up, two new provinces were formed, Phrygia Prima (Pacatiana), of which Laodicea was "the chiefest city" (subscription to 1 Tim the King James Version), and Phrygia Secunda (Salutaris). See Phrygia , and Hdb , III, 865.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

( Πακατιανή , of Lat. origin), the western district of Phrygia (1 Timothy 6, subscr. [spurious]). (See Phrygia).