Tripolis on the Meander
Greek: Τρίπολις | |
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| Location | Turkey |
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| Region | Denizli Province |
| Coordinates | 38°03′N 28°57′E / 38.050°N 28.950°E |
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Tripolis on the Meander (
Ruins of it still exist near Yenicekent (formerly Yeniji or Kash Yeniji), a township in the Buldan district of Denizli Province, Turkey. (Arundell, Seven Churches, p. 245; Hamilton, Researches, i. p. 525; Fellows, Asia Minor, p. 287.) The ruins mostly date from the Roman and Byzantine periods and include a theater, baths, city walls, and a necropolis. An ancient church, dating back 1,500 years, has been unearthed in 2013.[1]
Province
The earliest mention of Tripolis is by Pliny (v. 30), who treats it as a Lydian town. Ptolemy (v. 2. § 18) and Stephanus of Byzantium describe it as a Carian town. Hierocles (p. 669) likewise calls it a Lydian town.
William Mitchell Ramsay also places Tripolis within Lydia.[2]
The city minted coins in antiquity, some of which bore an image of Leto. Catalogues of coins of Tripolis generally refer to the city as belonging to Lydia.[3][4] However, one book on coin collecting list Tripolis as part of Lydia on one page, but speaks of it as part of Caria on another.[5]
A website on which various contributors give news of Turkish archaeology treats Tripolis as part of Phrygia.[6]
Other names
Pliny says the city was also called Apollonia (Greek: Ἀπολλωνία),[7] and Stephanus of Byzantium that, in his time, it was called Neapolis (Greek: Νεάπολις).[citation needed]
Bishopric
The city of Tripolis was the seat of an ancient
- Ramsay reports that a bishop of Tripolis in Lydia named Agogius attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325.[2]
- Leontius[9]
- Commodus at Council of Chalcedon.[10] and Ephesus[11]
- Paulus, fl. 451
- Joannes, fl. 451[12]
- Anastasius
- Sisinnius[9]
The see is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular sees,[13] which treats it as part of the late Roman province of Lydia.[14]
- Nicolas Fryes de Brisaco, (21 June 1456 Appointed – 17 July 1498) [15]
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Ruins of Tripolis ad Maeandrum near Yenicekent, Turkey -
Supportive arch in Tripolis, Turkey -
Further ruins
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See also
References
- ^ "Ancient church found in Aegean province of Denizli". Hürriyet Daily News. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-10801453-3), p. 134
- ^ Ancient Coinage of Lydia, Tripolis
- ^ Asia Minor Coins
- ISBN 978-0-87341552-1), pp. 146 and 129
- ^ Tripolis Turkish Archaeological News
- ^ see also Ludwig Bürchner: Apollonia 16a.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Supplementband I, Stuttgart 1903, col. 109.
- ^ Joseph Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae; Or the Antiquities of the Christian ..., Volume 3 p105.
- ^ a b Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus: in quatuor patriarchatus digestus (Typographia Regia, 1740).p879
- ^ Richard Price, Michael Gaddis The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p245.
- ^ Richard Price, Politics and Bishops’ Lists at the First Council of Ephesus Annuarium Historiae Conciliorum 44 (2012), 395-420.
- W. M. Ramsay, The Historical Geography of Asia Minor (Cambridge University Press, 2010) p120.
- ^ David M. Cheney, Tripolitanus in Lydia at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 997
- ^ Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 256
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Tripolis". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
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