Thessalonica

A large and populous city on the Thermaic bay. It was the "capital of one of the four Roman districts of Macedonia, and was" "ruled by a praetor. It was named after Thessalonica, the wife of" "Cassander, who built the city. She was so called by her father," "Philip, because he first heard of her birth on the day of his" gaining a victory over the Thessalians. On his second missionary "journey, Paul preached in the synagogue here, the chief" "synagogue of the Jews in that part of Macedonia, and laid the" foundations of a church (Acts 17:1-4; 1 Thes. 1:9). The violence "of the Jews drove him from the city, when he fled to Berea (Acts" "17:5-10). The "rulers of the city" before whom the Jews "drew" "Jason," with whom Paul and Silas lodged, are in the original" "called politarchai, an unusual word, which was found, however," inscribed on an arch in Thessalonica. This discovery confirms the accuracy of the historian. Paul visited the church here on a subsequent occasion (20:1-3). This city long retained its "importance. It is the most important town of European Turkey," "under the name of Saloniki, with a mixed population of about" "85,000.00"

Definition of Thessalonica:
"victory against the Thessalians"