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CARIA

(Gk. Karia)

A region in southwest Asia Minor, bounded by Lydia on the north, Phrygia on the east, Lycia on the south, the Aegean Sea on the west, and the Mediterranean Sea on the southwest. The population of the coastal cities was Greek and the population of the interior would have considered themselves indigenous and related to the Lydians and Mysians. Controlled by the Persians and then after Alexander the Great by the island of Rhodes, Caria received its independence from the Romans. According to 1 Macc. 15:23 Rome wrote Caria and other countries declaring support for Simon’s rule over the Jewish state. In 129 b.c.e. the region was incorporated into the Roman province of Asia.

Besides the major cities of Halicarnassus and Cnidus (Acts 27:7), Miletus was in Caria (Acts 20:15-17; 2 Tim. 4:20). Caria itself is not named in Acts since it was part of the province of Asia at the time of Paul’s journeys. Ignatius of Antioch, on his journey to Rome and martyrdom, sent a letter to Tralles in Caria. Inscriptions, synagogue remains, and other evidence indicate that Caria had a significant Jewish population.

Douglas Low

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CARIA

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)