ir ▁( anci ent ▁Philadelphia ) ▁in land . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁Jewish ▁community . ▁ ▁Name ▁and ▁et ym ology ▁ ▁Histor ically , ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁also ▁called ▁Mag nes ia ▁( ), ▁and ▁more ▁precisely ▁as ▁Mag nes ia ▁ad ▁S ip yl um ▁to ▁distinguish ▁from ▁Mag nes ia ▁on ▁the ▁Ma e ander ▁at ▁a ▁relatively ▁short ▁distance ▁to ▁the ▁south . ▁Trad itional ▁view ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁name ▁" M agn esia " ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁tribe ▁of ▁Mag net es ▁who ▁would ▁have ▁imm igr ated ▁here ▁from ▁Th ess aly ▁at ▁the ▁dawn ▁of ▁the ▁region ' s ▁recorded ▁history . ▁A ▁connection ▁with ▁native ▁An atol ian ▁languages ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁suggested ▁of ▁recent ▁date , ▁particularly ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁discover ies ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁H itt ite ▁arch ives ▁tre ating ▁the ▁Lu w ian ▁western ▁An atol ia . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁is ▁rendered ▁as ▁ Μ α γ ν η σ ί α ▁in ▁ancient ▁and ▁modern ▁Greek ▁language . ▁ ▁The ▁name ▁" M agn esia ▁ad ▁S ip yl us " ▁refers ▁to ▁Mount ▁S ip yl us ▁( Mount ▁Sp il ) ▁that ▁to wers ▁over ▁the ▁city ▁and ▁Mag nes ia ▁became ▁a ▁city ▁of ▁importance ▁starting ▁with ▁the ▁Roman ▁domin ion , ▁particularly ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 9 0 ▁BC ▁Battle ▁of ▁Mag nes ia . ▁The ▁names ▁" S ip yl us " ▁or ▁" S ip yl um " ▁in ▁reference ▁to ▁a