Philippi, << FIHL uh `py` or fih LIHP eye, >> was a city in Macedonia. It stood about 8 miles (13 kilometers) from the Aegean coast, near what is now the Greek city of Kavalla. King Philip II of Macedonia founded Philippi in 356 B.C. The city became an important gold-mining center. Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus) defeated two of Julius Caesar’s assassins, Brutus and Cassius, at Philippi in 42 B.C. Octavian later made Philippi a colony for Antony’s supporters who had been expelled from Italy. Philippi was the first city in Europe to be visited by St. Paul. It flourished until about A.D. 600. See also Philippians, Epistle to the .
