Colossae was a town settled in western Asia Minor or central Anatolia in the Lycus Valley. It was situated south of Hierapolis and southeast of Laodicea in the Phrygia region. It was a commerce and trading town, known for its red or purple dyed wool and rich lands. The town was situated on the main highway traveling from Ephesus to Sardis (Longman III, Enns, & Strauss, 2013, pp. 134-135, 330-334) (Brand, et al., 2015, p. 317) (Metzger & Coogan, The Oxford Guide To People & Places of The Bible, 2001)
Paul did not visit or been there but he wrote epistle to the church. Colossae is about 100 miles east of Ephesus. It lay on the south bank of the Lycus River which is a tributary of the Maeander River, not far from the larger and wealthier towns of Laodicea and Hierapolis. It is 10 miles southeast of Laodicea and Hierapolis was 6 miles north of Laodicea , but Colossae is resting at the foot of Mount Cadmus . In the fourth and fifth centuries B.C Colossae was known as a city with large number of
the South bank of the Lycus River in the province of Phrygia stood Colossae. Before the Christian era, Colossae was a principle city in the Lycus Valley . Part of a major trade route in Asia minor from Ephesus to Miletus, the city was most known for its production of textiles, especially its purple wool . With other large cities such as Laodicea and Hierapolis, this was a well-populated and high business area in the Lycus Valley. Yet, with changes in the road system, Laodicea became a more important