Encyclopedia of The Bible – Pacatiana
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Pacatiana

PACATIANA pā kă’ tĭ ā’ nə (Πακατιανή, peaceful). A province in Asia Minor whose capital was Laodicea.

At the end of the 3rd cent. a.d., the province of Asia was divided into seven parts. Two of the provinces were Phrygia Prima on the W and Phrygia Secunda on the E. Phrygia Prima also bore the name Pacatiana.