Dometiopolis
Dometiopolis (Ancient Greek: Δομετιούπολις) or Domitiopolis (Δομητιούπολις) was a city of Cilicia Trachea,[1] and in the later Roman province of Isauria[2] in Asia Minor. Its ruins are found in the village of Katranlı (formerly Dindebul), Ermenek, Karaman Province, Turkey.[3]
History
The city, whose previous name is unknown, was named Dometiopolis (Greek: Δομετιούπολις) after Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC).[4] John Malalas though writes about a city called Domitianoupolis and was built by Domitian.[5] According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus, it was one of the ten cities of the Isaurian Decapolis.[6][7]
Episcopal see
The episcopal see of Dometiopolis is mentioned in Gustav Parthey's Notitiæ episcopatuum, I and III, and in Heinrich Gelzer's Nova Tactica, 1618, as a suffragan of Seleucia. Lequien (Oriens Christianus II, 1023) mentions five bishops, from 451 to 879.
It remains a titular see of the Catholic Church,[8] sometimes under the spelling "Domitiopolis".[7]
References
- Back to citation Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 5.8.
- Back to citation Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v.
- Back to citation Richard J. A. Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-by-map Directory (Princeton University Press 2000 ISBN 978-0-69104945-8), Volume 1, p. 1016
- Back to citation Domitiopolis - Titular see of Isauria in Asia Minor
- Back to citation Malalas, Chronography, 10.266
- Back to citation Stephanus of Byzantium, De Urbibus, edited by Thomas de Pinedo (1725), p. 242
- Back to citation occurrence 7.0 Back to citation occurrence 7.1 Sophrone Pétridès, "Domitiopolis" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1909)
- Back to citation Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 882