The City of Philadelphia was the most well known city in all the lands. Being that there were seven cities in the world all cities were known to men but of all the world Philadelphia had the most well known hero’s, gods, and kingdom. Philadelphia was also the smallest of all due to the fact that its gods and subsequently kings were always in conflict with the gods and kings of the other cities.
Throughout time ever since gods ruled over cities Philadelphia has always been at war. Whenever it lost favor with a neighboring city more powerful than itself it would loose large tracks of its territory. It has in recent years gotten small portions back from wars with smaller rival cities but its overall size and population has never been comparable to even that of the second smallest of the seven cities. Thyatira. And it definitely was nothing in size when compared to metropolis like Laodicea.