Ariassus

Coordinates: 37°10′52″N 30°28′21″E / 37.18111°N 30.47250°E / 37.18111; 30.47250
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Ariassus
Ancient entrance to the city
Ariassus is located in Turkey
Ariassus
Shown within Turkey
LocationAntalya Province, Turkey
RegionPisidia
Coordinates37°10′52″N 30°28′21″E / 37.18111°N 30.47250°E / 37.18111; 30.47250
TypeSettlement
Site notes
ConditionIn ruins

Ariassus or Ariassos (

Attaleia
(modern Antalya).

History

The town was founded in the Hellenistic period in the 3rd century BC.[1] It was mentioned (as Aarassos) in about 100 BC by Artemidorus Ephesius, who was quoted by Strabo a century later. The only further mentions are by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD and in lists of Christian dioceses (Notitiae Episcopatuum).[2]

It was part of

Pergamum, the last king of which, Attalus III left his kingdom to Rome in 133 BC.[3]

Under Octavian

Perge
, hence also its bishopric's Metropolitan.

Remains

Tombs.

Coins minted at Ariassos are extant.[4][5]

The ruins are mainly of Roman and Byzantine times, with few remains of the earlier Hellenistic period. The best preserved is that of the 3rd-century-AD triple-arched city entrance once surmounted by four statues. Other buildings include an extensive nymphaeum and baths, as well as a large domestic area. There is an abundance of funerary monuments.[6][7]

Bishopric

The names of three bishops of the see of Ariassus are known: Pammenius (at the

Leo I the Thracian in 458).[8][9]

Titular see

No longer a residential bishopric, Ariassus is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.[10]

Nominally restored as a Latin

titular bishopric
in 1911, it is vacant, having had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (Episcopal) rank :

  • Jules-Joseph Moury, Society of African Missions (S.M.A.) (1911.01.17 – 1935.03.29)
  • Leoncio Fernández Galilea, Claretians (C.M.F.) (1935.06.18 – 1957.02.15)
  • Jean Fryns, C.S.Sp. (1957.04.12 – 1959.11.10)
  • Cesar Gerardo Vielmo Guerra,
    Servites
    (O.S.M.) (1959.12.19 – 1963.06.16)
  • Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea (1963.10.29 – 1968.04.26)

References

  1. ^ Kemer Turkey Info, "Ariassos"
  2. ^ a b Stephen Mitchell, Edwin Owens and Marc Waelkens, "Ariassos and Sagalassos 1988" in Anatolian Studies, Vol. 39, 1989
  3. ^ S. Rinaldi Tufi, "Ariassos" in Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica (1994)
  4. ^ Ancient Coinage of Pisidia, Ariassus
  5. ^ Asia Minor Coins: Ariassos
  6. ^ Sarah H. Cormack, "The Roman-Period Necropolis of Ariassos, Pisidia" in Anatolian Studies, vol. 46, Dec. 1996, pp. 1–25
  7. ^ Antik Şehirler: Ariassos
  8. ^ Michel Lequien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Paris 1740, Vol. I, coll. 1023-1024
  9. ^ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Leipzig 1931, p. 450
  10. ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1
    ), p. 838

Sources and external links
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