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Dalmatia
A mountainous country on the eastern shore of the Adriatic, a part of the Roman province of Illyricum. It still bears its ancient name. During Paul’s second imprisonment at Rome, Titus left him to visit Dalmatia (2 Tim 4:10) for some unknown purpose. Paul had himself formerly preached in that region (Rom 15:19).
The present Emperor of Austria bears, among his other titles, that of “King of Dalmatia.”
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 2 Timothy 4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
