Some 90 miles [150 km] east of Ephesus and situated at the junction of major trade routes in the fertile valley of the Lycus River, Laodicea was a very prosperous manufacturing city and banking center.
شهر لاَوُدِکیه در ۱۵۰ کیلومتری شرق اَفَسُس در جلگهٔ حاصلخیز رود لُیکوس واقع بود .‏