By the first century C.E., it had become “the principal city of the district of Macedonia, ” now part of northern Greece and southern Yugoslavia. ​ — Acts 16: 11, 12.
Esimeseks sajandiks m.a.j. oli see „esimesi linnu tolles Makedoonia osas ”, praegu on see Põhja - Kreeka ja Lõuna - Jugoslaavia osa. — Apostlite teod 16: 11, 12.