# Sardis

By [beetleblack](https://paragraph.com/@beetleblack) · 2022-08-15

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Sardis

Sardis was the capital of the ancient kingdom of [Lydia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia)

the seat of a [proconsul](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proconsul) under the [Roman Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire), and the metropolis of the province Lydia in later Roman and [Byzantine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire) times.

As one of the [seven churches of Asia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_churches_of_Asia), it was addressed by [Jesus Christ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ) as relayed to [John of Patmos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Patmos), author of the [Book of Revelation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Revelation) in the [New Testament](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament).

Sardis is famous in history as the place where modern money was invented. They discovered the secret of separating gold from silver.

Temple of Artemis, synagogue of Sardis and As one of the seven churches of Asia.

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