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Situated on the Thermaic Gulf, Thessalonica was the chief seaport of Macedonia. The city was founded in about 315 B. C. by Cassander, who resettled the site with inhabitants from 26 villages that he had destroyed. He named the city after his wife, Thessalonica, the sister of Alexander the Great and daughter of Philip II of Macedonia. The Egnatian Way, the main overland route from Rome to the East, ran directly through the city. Under Roman rule, Thessalonica achieved prominence. In 167 B. C. the Romans divided Macedonia into four districts, Thessalonica becoming capital of the second district. Some 20 years later, in 148 B. C., Macedonia became a Roman province with Thessalonica as its capital. After the battle of Philippi in 42 B. C., when Octavian (later Augustus Caesar) and Mark Antony defeated Brutus and Cassius, the assassins of Julius Caesar, Thessalonica became a free city. It was the most populous city of Macedonia. In the third century A. D. Thessalonica was selected to oversee a Roman temple, and under Decius (ruled A. D. 249-251), infamous for his persecution of Christians, the city achieved the status of a Roman colony, which entitled it to the rights and privileges of the Roman Empire. The city was surrounded by a wall, stretches of which still stand. Archaeologists have uncovered a paved Roman forum some 63 by 99 meters (70 by 110 yards) in size, dating from the first or second centuries A. D. The apostle Paul visited Thessalonica in A. D. 49 or 50 during his second missionary journey . Paul's evangelistic efforts met with success. Within a short time a vigorous Christian congregation had blossomed, consisting of some members of the Jewish synagogue as well as former pagans. The Book of Acts leads us to assume that Paul stayed in Thessalonica only a few weeks before being forced to leave because of Jewish opposition. But in reality he probably stayed at least two or three months. A shorter stay would scarcely account for Paul's receiving two gifts of aid from the Philippians , or for the depth of affection which developed between Paul and the Thessalonians <1 Thes. 2:1-12>. Thessalonica was also the home of two of Paul's co-workers, Aristarchus and Secundus . 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