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An Example of a Research Paper
Written by Justin Siame, M.A.B.E.

The following research paper was written to introduce a study on the
book of Thessalonians for a course taught at AIU. It required some
extensive research and documentation. This is presented as an example
to you of what is entailed in writing a research paper on an assigned
topic. Note his extensive use of footnotes!

Historical Backdrop of Thessalonica

The book of Thessalonians was written to a church located in Thessalonica, on the northeastern seaboard

side of Greece. Today it is called Thessaloniki. It is located at the intersection of two major Roman roads, one
leading from Italy eastward call the Ignatia Way, and the other from the Danube to the Aegean. Thessalonica’s

location and use as a port made it a prominent city. In 168 BC, it became the capital of the second district of

Macedonia, and later it was made the capital and major port of the whole Roman province of Macedonia (146
BC). In 42 BC, after the battle at Philippi, Thessalonica was made a free city. Today, the modern city of
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Thessaloniki is the second most important city in Greece and home to a million inhabitants .
Thessalonica was founded by “Casander, a former general of Alexander the Great and later king of

Macedonia . . . in 315 B.C.” It was named after Thessalonica, his wife, who was the half-sister of Alexander the
Great. After its capture by the Romans in 167 B.C., it was “made the capital of one of their four newly created

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districts,” namely, Philippi, Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica .

1 https://www.bibleplaces.com/thessalonica/

2 Barry J. Beitzel, The New Moody Atlas of the Bible (Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers, 2009), 259.
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