Myrika
Myrica or Myrika, also called Myrikion (
Description
Because of the mention of the hot springs in the signature of the bishop at the Council of Chalcedon, William Mitchell Ramsay identified this city with the town known in his time (19th century) as Saint Agapetos (in Greek Ἅγιος Ἀγαπητός). He interpreted as a change of name, not of location, the contrast between earlier sources such as this, which speak of a bishopric of Myrika (Myrica), and the references to a see of Saint Agapetos in later Notitiae Episcopatuum and in the signature of a bishop at the Quinisext Council of 692.[4]
However, Ramsay also mentioned the existence within Galatia Salutaris of other hot springs at "the Merkez of the Haimane", and some identify with "the ancient Myrica Therma" the volcanically heated baths of
The identification of the episcopal see of Myrica given in the Annuario Pontificio is "Merkez".[6]
Modern scholars place its site near
References
- ^ Hierocles. Synecdemus. Vol. p. 698.
- ^ a b Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ William Mitchell Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor, p. 217
- ^ PlanetWare, "Ankara Tourist Attractions" Archived 2013-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 931
39°28′31″N 32°30′30″E / 39.475327°N 32.5083145°E / 39.475327; 32.5083145