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Sturdy
and strong after more than
a century of continuous use
, the old covered
, wooden
bridge that spans
the Tygartis Valley River at
Philippi will have
a distinctive part in
the week-long observance of
the first land battle of
the Civil War at
its home site
, May 28th
to June 3rd
.
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This covered
, wooden
bridge is so closely identified
with the first action in
the early morning of June 3
, 1861
, and with subsequent troop movements of both armies in
the Philippi area that
it has become
a part
and parcel of
the war story
.
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By
the 1850s
, when
a major covered
bridge was constructed at
Philippi to service travellers on
the Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike
, the County's population
was approaching 10
, 000 people
.
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In 1852 Lemuel
Chenoweth, an Appalachian architect
and carpenter
, built
a covered
bridge in
Philippi to provide
a link on
the turnpike running between Beverly
and Fairmont
.
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At
Philippi, a covered
bridge spanned
the Tygart Valley River
and was an important segment of
the vital Beverly-Fairmont Turnpike
.
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U
. S
. 250 in West Virginia includes
the Philippi Covered Bridge at
Philippi, the only covered
bridge on
the United States Numbered Highway System
.
Philippi and however
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Theodosius ' appointment
was, however, eventually blessed by
the Metropolitan of Caesarea
Philippi on behalf of
the patriarch of Constantinople in April 1464
.
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During
the Philippi campaign in 42 BC
, he had
to bring reinforcements from Italia
to Greece for Mark Antony
and Octavianus ' army
, however his fleet
was destroyed by
the enemy in
the Ionian Sea
with the loss of two legions
.
Philippi and was
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But what
the elements could not do
was seriously threatened when Brigadier General William E. ( Grumble ) Jones reached
Philippi while on
the famous Jones-Imboden raid in May
, 1863
.
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Biblical scholars are in general agreement that
it was written by St
. Paul
to the church of
Philippi, an early center of Christianity in Greece around 62 A
. D
. Other scholars argue for an earlier date
, c
. 50-60 A
. D
.
The letter
was written
to the church at
Philippi, one of
the earliest churches
to be founded in Europe
.
The traditional subscription
to the epistle
, translated in
the King James Bible
, states that this epistle
was written at
Philippi, perhaps arising from
a misinterpretation of 16: 5
, " For I do pass through Macedonia ",
as meaning
, " I am passing through Macedonia ".
Philippi ( in Greek Philippoi )
was a city in eastern Macedonia
, established by Philip II in 356 BC
and abandoned in
the 14th century after
the Ottoman conquest
.
Philippi was established by
the king of Macedon
, Philip II
, on
the site of
the Thasian colony of Krinides or Crenides (, " Fountains "), near
the head of
the Aegean Sea at
the foot of Mt
.
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When
the Romans destroyed
the Antigonid dynasty of Macedon in 167 BC
and divided
it into four separate states ( merides ),
it was Amphipolis
and not
Philippi that became
the capital of
the eastern Macedonian state
.
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Following this second renaming
, and perhaps after
the first
, the territory of
Philippi was centuriated ( divided into squares of land )
and distributed
to the colonists
.
The site of
Philippi was so strategically sound that
the Byzantines attempted very soon
to recapture
it ca
.
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He
was ordained
and went
with Paul on his journeys through Phrygia
, Galatia
, Mysia
, Troas
, Philippi, Veria
, and Corinth
.
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* He has combined
the two Battles of
Philippi although there
was a 20 day interval between them
.
Philippi, the county seat
, was chartered in 1844
.
The Battle of
Philippi, also known
as the "
Philippi Races ",
was fought in Barbour County on June 3
, 1861
.
The first white settlement in present-day Barbour County
was established in 1780 by Richard Talbott — along
with his brother Cotteral
and sister Charity — about three miles ( 5 km ) downriver from
the future site of
Philippi.
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)
The settlement of
Philippi — formerly " Anglin's Ford "
and " Booth's Ferry " —
was platted
, named
, and made
the county seat in
the same year ;
it was chartered in 1844
.
Philippi was the scene of
the first land battle of
the American Civil War
, on June 3
, 1861
.
The battle
was later lampooned
as the "
Philippi Races " because of
the hurried retreat by
the Confederate troops encamped in
the town
.
The Battle of
Philippi was the final battle in
the Wars of
the Second Triumvirate between
the forces of Mark Antony
and Octavian ( of
the Second Triumvirate )
and the forces of Julius Caesar's assassins Marcus Junius Brutus
and Gaius Cassius Longinus in 42 BC
, at
Philippi in Macedonia
.
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Antony
was following
, while Octavian
was delayed at Dyrrachium because of his ill-health ( which would accompany him throughout
the Philippi campaign ).
Philippi and with
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Other primary information is derived from external historical sources related
to the chronological connections between Paul's association
with Philippi, its political
and economical setting
, and its social
and religio-philosophical context
as well
.
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To all
the saints in Christ Jesus who are at
Philippi, with the overseers
and deacons
.
The Parthian Empire had supported Brutus
and Cassius in
the civil war
, sending forces which fought
with them at
Philippi ; following Antony
and Octavian's victory
, the Parthians invaded Roman territory
, occupying Syria
, advancing into Asia Minor
and installing Antigonus
as puppet king in Judaea
to replace
the pro-Roman Hyrcanus
.
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* 42 BC – First Battle of
Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony
and Octavian fight
a decisive battle
with Caesar's assassins Brutus
and Cassius
.
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Seven different churches were constructed in
Philippi between
the mid-4th century
and the end of
the 6th
, some of which competed in size
and decoration
with the most beautiful buildings in Thessalonica
, or even those of Constantinople
.
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After his victory in
the Battle of
Philippi in 42 BC
, fought against
the army led by
the assassins of Julius Caesar
, Octavian tried
to pay off his veterans
with land expropriated from towns in northern Italy
, supposedly including
, according
to the tradition
, an estate near Mantua belonging
to Virgil
.
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After
the Battle of
Philippi ( 42 BC ), which ended
the Roman Civil War
, the lands of
the Veneti
, together
with the rest of Cisalpine Gaul
, ceased
to be
a province
and the territory of
the Veneti
, which included Istria
, modern Friuli
and Trentino-Alto Adige became region X ( Venetia et Histria ) of
a new entity named Italia ( Italy ).
The Palestinian delegation of 16 bishops
and Metropolitan Flavian of
Philippi arrived 5 days after
the date that had been set for opening
the council
, and aligned themselves
with Cyril
.
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* October 3 – First Battle of
Philippi:
The Triumvirs Mark Antony
and Octavian Caesar fight an indecisive battle
with Caesar's assassins Marcus Brutus
and Cassius
.
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That night
, Caesar's ghost appears
to Brutus
with a warning of defeat (" thou shalt see me at
Philippi ").
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Her father committed suicide in
the Battle of
Philippi, along
with Gaius Cassius Longinus
and Marcus Junius Brutus
, but her husband continued fighting against Octavian
, now on behalf of Mark Antony
and his brother
.
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Augustus ’ s own version of
the Battle of
Philippi: " I sent into exile
the murderers of my father
, punishing their crimes
with regular tribunals
, afterwards
, when they made war
to the Republic I twice defeated them in battle ".
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After
the battle of
Philippi in 42 BC
, Ahenobarbus conducted
the war independently of Sextus Pompeius
, and with a fleet of seventy ships
and two legions plundered
the coasts of
the Ionian sea
.
Philippi is
the home of Alderson-Broaddus College
, a four-year liberal-arts college affiliated
with the American Baptist Churches
.
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But because of misspellings
and a misunderstanding of
the origin of
the name ( confounding
it with Philippi, an ancient city )
the name finally took
the form which
it now has
.
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Rail activity at
Philippi peaked in
the 1920s when
as many
as six passenger trains
, along
with mail
and freight
, transited
the town daily
.
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While in
Philippi, Paul
and Silas stayed
with a woman named Lydia from Thyateira
, who continued
to help them even after they were jailed
and released
.
The second grenadier brigade under GM Karl
Philippi von Weidenfeld
and some unpanicked cavalry delayed Boudet ’ s advance long enough for O ’ Reilly ’ s cavalry
to return
, and together
with Frimont
, they mounted
a last defence around Marengo village
as night fell
, allowing
the Austrian centre
to reach safety behind
the Bormida
.
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Since 2004
, LaBrie has been working
with the True Symphonic Rockestra project
, along
with Thomas Dewald
, Vladimir Grishko
, Dirk Ulrich
, Christoph Wansleben
, Sandro Martinez
, Paul Mayland
, Marvin
Philippi, and Igor Marin
.
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