Dioclea (Phrygia)
Dioclea, Dioclia, Diocleia, or Diokleia (Template:Lang-grc) was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1][2] located at Latitude38.682465, Longitude 29.942013.[3] The native name may have been Dokela.
History
In Hellenic times it had a mint,[4][5] under its king Elagabalus.[6]
It was the see of a Christian bishop.[7] Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town.[8] Constantius (fl 431[9] - 451[10] and Evander[11] No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[12]
Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey.[1][13]
References
- ^ a b Richard Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton University Press. p. 62, and directory notes accompanying. ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.2.23.
- ^ Dioclea, Phyricia
- ^ diocleia, monism.org.
- ^ https://www.asiaminorcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=359
- ^ Barclay Vincent Head, Catalogue of the Greek Coins of Phrygia British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals, (order of the Trustees, 1906) page 181.
- ^ W. M. Ramsay, The Cities and Bishoprics of Phrygia The Journal of Hellenic Studies Vol. 4 (1883), pp. 370-436
- ^ Lequien, Or. Christ., I, 823
- ^ Politics and Bishops' Lists at the First Council of Ephesus.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 335.
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1(Liverpool University Press, 2005) page 227
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Diocleia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°39′50″N 29°53′17″E / 38.6638015°N 29.88814°E
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