Dioclea (Phrygia)
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Dioclea, Dioclia, Diocleia, or Diokleia (Template:Lang-grc) was a town of ancient Phrygia, inhabited during Roman and Byzantine times.[1][2] The native name may have been Dokela
History
In Hellenic times it had a mint,[3] under its king Elagabalus.
It was the see of a Christian bishop.[4] Lequien, names only two known bishops of the town[5] No longer the seat of a residential bishop, it remains a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church.[6]
Its site is located near Yeşilhisar in Asiatic Turkey.[1][7]
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.
- ^ diocleia, monism.org.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
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