Temnos
Temnos or Temnus (
The little town was near the
it was no longer inhabited. It was, however, rebuilt later.One of the city's more noteworthy figures was the rhetorician Hermagoras.[4]
During the
Byzantine period
, most probably, it renamed to Archangelus.
In 1413 the Turks seized the fortress of Archangelus, which they called Kaiadjik, i.e., small rock; this fortress was situated on the plains of Maenomenus, now known as Menemen.
Its site is located near Görece, Asiatic Turkey.[5][6]
Bishops
Le Quien mentions three bishops:[7]
- Eustathius, who lived in 451;
- Theophilus, present at the Council of Nice (787);
- Ignatius, at Constantinople (869).
This see is not mentioned in the Notitiae Episcopatuum. Ramsay (Asia Minor, 108) thought the diocese of Temnus identical with that of Archangelus, which from the tenth to the thirteenth century the Notitiae Episcopatuum assigns to Smyrna.
See also
References
- ^ As per coins dated to the fourth century BCE and Hellenistic inscriptions (I. Perg. 5) dated to the end of the third century BCE.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 986
- ^ Tacitus. Annals. Vol. 2.47.
- ^ A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, Hermagoras
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9.
- ^ Lund University. Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire.
- OCLC 955922585.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Temnus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Temnus". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
38°40′19″N 27°11′49″E / 38.6719°N 27.197°E
| Authority control databases: Geographic |
|---|
 | This geographical article about a location in İzmir Province, Turkey is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |