Colossæ.

Colossæ. Colossæ was a town of Asia Minor, in the southern part of the province of Phrygia, situated on the river Lycus, a tributary of the Mæander, 12 miles east of Laodicea. It is mentioned by Xenophon as 'a populous city, prosperous and great,' but in the time of Strabo had become 'a small town.' It was ruined by an earthquake in 61 A.D. (Tac. Ann. xiv. 27); but it was again rebuilt, and in the middle ages was named Chonæ. See COLOSSIANS.