Antioch in Pisidia (or Pisidian Antioch, to distinguish it from the Antioch in Syria) is an ancient city in Phrygia, near the Pisidian border, in west-central Turkey. Founded by Seleucus I Nicator (circa 358–281 B.C.), it was made a free city in 189 B.C. by the Romans. The Romans took over total control of the city in 25 B.C. Roman Emperor Augustus made Antioch a colony with the name Caesarea Antiochia. It became the center of civil and military administration in southern Galatia. Pisidian Antioch, in Paul's day, was notorious for its many robbers. This may have been one of the places Paul alludes to when he lists in the book of 2Corinthians some of the trials and troubles he has experienced while preaching the gospel: "From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one. Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeys often, in perils of waters, IN PERILS OF ROBBERS . . . " (2Corinthians 11:24-26, NKJV)
Sources: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary, Wikipedia | 
