Beroea

Beroea was an ancient city of the Hellenistic and Roman periods on the site of modern Veria, in the region of Macedonia in northern Greece, first mentioned by Thucydides around 432 BC with inscriptions suggesting continued significance in the 4th century BC. Under the Argead dynasty it became one of the most important cities of Alexander the Great, ranking below only Pella, and it later served as headquarters of the Macedonian federation, minting its own coins and hosting athletic games called the Alexandreia. The apostle Paul and his companion Silas came to Beroea after leaving Thessalonica around AD 50 or 51 and preached in its synagogue, and the Acts of the Apostles describes the Beroeans as more receptive to examining scripture than the Thessalonians had been.